Prestonia (plant)

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Prestonia
Prestonia coalita.jpg
Prestonia coalita
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe:
Genus: Prestonia
R.Br.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Belandra S.F.Blake
  • Guachamaca Grosourdy
  • Haemadictyon Lindl.
  • Rhaptocarpus Miers
  • Rhodocalyx Müll.Arg.

Prestonia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.[2] It is closely related to Artia and Parsonsia.[3][4]

Species[2]
  1. - Acre in Brazil
  2. - Pastaza in Ecuador
  3. Prestonia amazonica - N Brazil
  4. - Trinidad, N South America
  5. - E Brazil
  6. - Chuquisaca
  7. - Trinidad, Venezuela
  8. - S Brazil, Paraguay, NE Argentina
  9. - N South America
  10. - Bolivia
  11. - S Mexico
  12. - much of South America
  13. - Antioquia in Colombia
  14. - Peru
  15. - Bolivia
  16. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
  17. - Pará, Rio de Janeiro
  18. - E Brazil
  19. - Guyana
  20. - S Brazil
  21. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
  22. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama
  23. - Colombia, Ecuador
  24. - Colombia, Panama
  25. - Venezuela, Guyana
  26. - Costa Rica
  27. - Colombia
  28. - Panama, NW South America, Fr Guiana
  29. - Peru
  30. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina
  31. - La Paz in Bolivia
  32. - Panama
  33. - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
  34. - S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
  35. - Venezuela, Brazil
  36. - C + S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
  37. - Panama, NW South America
  38. - Venezuela, Colombia, Panama
  39. - Colombia
  40. - Venezuela, Colombia
  41. Prestonia parvifolia - Ecuador
  42. Prestonia peregrina - Ecuador
  43. - Peru, Bolivia
  44. - Peru, NW Brazil
  45. - S Mexico to Ecuador
  46. - Venezuela
  47. - South + Central America, West Indies
  48. - Peru
  49. - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, N Argentina
  50. - Costa Rica
  51. - Peru, Bolivia
  52. Prestonia rotundifolia - Colombia, Ecuador
  53. Prestonia schumanniana - Ecuador
  54. - N Colombia, Panama
  55. - SE Brazil
  56. - Chiapas to Nicaragua
  57. - Peru
  58. - Colombia, N Brazil, 3 Guianas
  59. - tropical South America
  60. - Costa Rica to Brazil
  61. - Panama
  62. - Peru
  63. - Venezuela, Colombia
Formerly included[2]
  1. Prestonia agglutinata (Jacq.) Woodson = Jacq.
  2. Prestonia arborescens Monach. = (Monach.) J.F.Morales
  3. Prestonia caudata Woodson = J.F.Morales
  4. Prestonia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. = (M.Martens & Galeotti) Woodson
  5. Prestonia hirsuta Spreng. 1824 not Müll.Arg. 1860 = (A.DC.) Woodson
  6. Prestonia langlassei Standl. = (M.Martens & Galeotti) Woodson
  7. Prestonia leptoloba Monach. = (Monach.) J.F.Morales
  8. Prestonia peruviana Spreng. = (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
  9. Prestonia woodsoniana (Monach.) A.H.Gentry = Monach.

References[]

  1. ^ "Prestonia information from NPGS/GRIN". www.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
  2. ^ a b c d "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  3. ^ Livshultz, T., D. J. Middleton, M. E. Endress, and J. K. Williams.(2007) Phylogeny of Apocynoideae and the APSA Clade (Apocynaceae S.l.). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94, no. 2: 324–59.
  4. ^ Morales, J.F.; Endress, M.E.; Liede-Schumann, S. (2017) Sex, drugs and pupusas: Disentangling relationships in Echiteae (Apocynaceae). Taxon 66 (3): 623-644. https://doi.org/10.12705/663.7
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