Bellucia

Bellucia grossularioides

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: Henrietteeae
Genus: Bellucia
Species: B. acutata – B. aequiloba – B. arborescens – B. beckii – B. dichotoma – B. egensis – B. gracilis – B. grossularioides – B. huberi – B. klugii – B. mespiloides – B. nigricans – B. ovata – B. pentamera – B. riparia – B. spruceana – B. strigosa – B. subandina – B. subrotundifolia – B. umbellata – B. villosa – B. wurdackiana

Name

Bellucia Neck. ex Raf.,, Sylva Tellur. 92. (1838) nom. cons.

• Type species: Bellucia grossularioides (L.) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 141 (1871) originally designated as synonym Bellucia nervosa Raf., Sylva Tellur. 93 (1838)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Apatitia Ham. in Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 42 (1825)
  • Axinanthera H.Karst. in Linnaea 30: 157 (1859)
  • Blackia Schrank ex DC. in Prodr. 3: 165 (1828)
  • Heteroneuron Hook.f. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 1: 768 (1867)
  • Ischyranthera Steud. ex Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 16: 102 (1851 publ. 1850)
  • Loreya DC. in Prodr. 3: 178 (1828)
  • Myriaspora DC. in Prodr. 3: 165 (1828)
  • Oxisma Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 94 (1838)
  • Webera J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 820 (1791)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America ^* Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá ^* Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru ^* Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central ^* Regional: Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Continental: Northern America ^* Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Cameroon, Congo References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Necker, N.M.J. de 1838. Sylva Telluriana 92.

Additional references

• Penneys, D.S., Michelangeli, F.A., Judd, W.S. & Almeda, F. 2010. Henrietteeae (Melastomataceae): a new neotropical berry-fruited tribe. Systematic Botany 35(4): 783-800. DOI: 10.1600/036364410X539862 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Bellucia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sept. 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Bellucia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 8 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Bellucia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Sept. 2020.

Vernacular names

മലയാളം: ബെല്ലൂഷ്യ

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