Acisanthera quadrata

Acisanthera quadrata

Taxonavigation edit

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: Acisanthera
Species: Acisanthera quadrata

Name edit

Acisanthera quadrata Juss. ex Poir., 1810

Synonyms edit

  • Heterotypic
    • Acisanthera acisanthera Britton in Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 2 (1925)
    • Acisanthera adscendens C.Wright in Fl. Cub.: 52 (1869)
    • Acisanthera glandulifera Jenn. in Ann. Carnegie Mus. 11: 206 (1917)
    • Acisanthera punctatissima (DC.) Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 34 (1871 publ. 1872)
    • Acisanthera punctatissima var. gardneri (Turcz.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(3): 220 (1885)
    • Acisanthera punctatissima var. gracillima Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(3): 220 (1885)
    • Acisanthera recurva Griseb. in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 9: 58 (1861)
    • Anisocentrum gardneri Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 35(II): 323 (1862)
    • Microlicia punctatissima DC. in Prodr. 3: 118 (1828)
    • Microlicia punctatissima var. angustifolia DC. in Prodr. 3: 118 (1828)
    • Rhexia acisanthera L. in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 998 (1759)
    • Rhexia punctatissima Mart. & Schrank ex DC. in Prodr. 3: 118 (1828), not validly publ.
    • Tibouchina adscendens M.Gómez in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 67 (1894)
    • Uranthera dicranophora Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 12: 283 (1849)
    • Uranthera dicranophora var. trichotoma Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 12: 283 (1849)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
  • ^* Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
  • ^* Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia
  • ^* Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
  • ^* Regional: Northern South America
      • Colombia, Venezuela
  • ^* Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
  • Continental: Northern America
  • ^* Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: dustseed
  For more multimedia, look at Acisanthera quadrata on Wikimedia Commons.