Acanthella sprucei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Marcetieae
Genus: Acanthella
Species: Acanthella sprucei

Name

Acanthella sprucei Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 1(3): 748. (1867)

• Type locality: Venezuela: ad flumen Orinoco prope Esmeraldam crescens.
• Type: leg. Richard Spruce 3222.
• Lectotype: K (BC:K-000329399), (BC:K-000329400), designated by:Rocha, M.J.R. da, P.J.F. Guimarães, F.A. Michelangeli & J.A.N. Batista. 2017 [2018]. Taxonomy of Marcetieae: a new Neotropical tribe of Melastomataceae. Int. J. Pl. Sci. 179(1): 56.
• Isolectotypes: BR (BR-000005183111, BR-000005183470), E (E-00505251), G-DC (G-00319557), GH (GH-00071648), GOET (GOET-007871), K (K-000329399, K-000329400), S (/A:S-09-13061), BR (BR-000005183111, BR-000005183470) fragm.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Acanthella montana Gleason, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 134 (1953)
  • Melastoma confertum Vell., Fl. Flumin.: 181, tab. 127 (1829)
  • Chalepophyllum pungens Standl. & Steyerm.. Fieldiana, Bot. 28: 568 (1953)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Northern South America Venezuela Western South America Colombia Brazil Brazil North References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1867. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 1, pars III., sistens Dicotyledonum Polypetalarum ordines LVI: Ranunculaceas–Cornaceas.] Pps. 721–1040. Lovell Reeve & Co., Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Acanthella sprucei in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 1. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Acanthella sprucei. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Acanthella sprucei. Published online. Accessed: 1. Nov. 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Acanthella sprucei. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Nov. 2024.