Balbisia

Balbisia peduncularis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Francoaceae
Genus: Balbisia
Species: B. aphanifolia – B. calycina – B. gracilis – B. integrifolia – B. meyeniana – B. microphylla – B. miniata – B. peduncularis – B. sitchkinii – B. verticillata

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Balbisia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 07. Reference page.

Name

Balbisia Cav., 1804, nom. cons.

• Type species: Balbisia verticillata Cav.

Synonyms

• Cistocarpus Kunth
• Dematophyllum Griseb.
• Hyperum C.Presl
• Ledocarpon Desf.
• Ledocarpum DC.
• Wendtia Meyen
• Martiniera Guill.
  

Note: The inclusion of Wendtia in the synonymy is a taxonomic opinion supported by Govaerts et al. (2021) and the additional references, but not Hassler (2021).

Homonyms

• Balbisia Willd. (1803) = Tridax L., Sp. Pl. 2: 900. (1753) (Asteraceae)
• Balbisia DC. (1833 , nom. rej.) = Rhetinodendron Meisn. vide Robinsonia DC., Arch. Bot. (Paris) 2: 333. (1833) nom. cons. (Asteraceae)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Peru References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cavanilles, A.J. 1804. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 7: 61.

Additional references

• Palazzesi, L., Gottschling, M., Barreda, V.D. & Weigend, M. 2012. First Miocene fossils of Vivianiaceae shed new light on phylogeny, divergence times, and historical biogeography of Geraniales. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 107(1): 67–85. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01910.x ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Sytsma, K.J., Spalink, D. & Berger, B. 2014. Calibrated chronograms, fossils, outgroup relationships, and root priors: re‐examining the historical biogeography of Geraniales. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113(1): 29-49. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12297 PDF Reference page. 
• Wiegend, M. 2011. The genus Balbisia (Vivianiaceae, Geraniales) in Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile. Phytotaxa 22: 47-56. DOI: 10.11646/PHYTOTAXA.22.1.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Balbisia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Balbisia. Published online. Accessed: July 07 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Balbisia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 July 2021.
• Tropicos.org: Vascular Plants of the Americas: Balbisia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 30.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Balbisia. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 07. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Balbisia. Accessed: 07 July 2021.
• WFO (2021)

Vernacular names

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