Forsteronia

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Forsteronia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe:
Genus: Forsteronia
[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Anabata Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Aptotheca Miers
  • Syringosma Mart. ex Rchb.
  • Thyrsanthus Benth.

Forsteronia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1818. It is native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies.[2]

Species[2]
  1. (Aubl.) A.DC. - S Mexico to Peru
  2. Müll.Arg. - SE Venezuela, Guianas
  3. Müll.Arg. - NW South America
  4. Monach. - NW Brazil
  5. S.F.Blake - Peru, Bolivia
  6. Markgr. - Venezuela
  7. Müll.Arg. - Brazil
  8. Markgr. - NW Brazil, NE Peru
  9. Woodson - Panama, Colombia
  10. (Müll.Arg.) Woodson - SE Brazil
  11. C.Ezcurra & Tressens - NE Argentina
  12. Müll.Arg. - SE Venezuela, Guyana
  13. Proctor - Jamaica
  14. Markgr. - SE Colombia, Guyana, NW Brazil
  15. S.F.Blake - NE Colombia, NW Venezuela
  16. Müll.Arg. - S South America
  17. (Benth.) Müll.Arg. - N South America
  18. Woodson - Colombia, Peru
  19. Müll.Arg. - N South America
  20. (Benth.) A.DC. - Amazon Basin
  21. (Hook. & Arn.) A.DC. - Brazil
  22. (Vell.) Müll.Arg. - SE Brazil
  23. Markgr. - Amazon Basin
  24. B.F.Hansen - Amazonas State in Brazil
  25. Rusby - Bolivia
  26. Müll.Arg. - E Brazil
  27. Donn.Sm. - S Mexico to Bolivia
  28. Müll.Arg. - Venezuela, Suriname
  29. Woodson - Pará, Mato Grosso
  30. B.F.Hansen - Suriname, Pará
  31. (Vell.) Müll.Arg. - E Brazil
  32. A.DC. - SC South America
  33. Forsteronia pycnothyrsus K. Schum. ex Woodson - Ecuador
  34. Müll.Arg. - Venezuela to NE Argentina
  35. Miers - Brazil
  36. Müll.Arg. - Brazil
  37. A.DC. - Guyana
  38. Woodson - Colombia
  39. (Jacq.) G.Mey. - Mexico to Venezuela, Cuba
  40. K.Schum. ex Woodson - Ecuador, Peru
  41. K.Schum. ex Woodson - Amazon Basin
  42. (Vell.) Müll.Arg. - SC South America
  43. (Aubl.) Woodson - NE South America
  44. (A.DC.) Woodson - Brazil
  45. (Griseb.) Woodson - Jamaica

Formerly included in Forsteronia but transferred to Pinochia in 2007:[3]

  • Forsteronia corymbosa (Jacq.) G.Mey. = (Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
  • Forsteronia floribunda (Sw.) A.DC. = (Sw.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
  • Forsteronia monteverdensis J.F.Morales = Pinochia monteverdensis (J.F.Morales) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
  • Forsteronia peninsularis Woodson = (Woodson) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
  • Forsteronia portoricensis Woodson = Pinochia corymbosa subsp. portoricensis (Woodson) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen

References[]

  1. ^ Meyer, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm. 1818. Primitiae Florae Essequeboensis 133–134
  2. ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  3. ^ Endress, M. E. & B. F. Hansen. 2007. Pinochia, a new genus of Apocynaceae, Apocynoideae from the Greater Antilles, Mexico and Central America. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 64(2): 269–274.


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