Blepharodon pictum

Blepharodon pictum

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Gentianales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Metastelmatinae
Genus: Blepharodon
Species: Blepharodon pictum

Name edit

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Cynanchum pictum Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 2: 24. 1798.
  • Homotypic
    • Marsdenia picta (Vahl) Decne., Prodr. 8: 615. 1844.
  • Heterotypic
    • Blepharodon adenopogon Schltr., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 173. 1914.
    • Blepharodon bracteatum E.Fourn. in Mart. (ed.), Fl. Bras. 6(4): 307. 1885.
    • Blepharodon decaisnei E.Fourn. in Mart. (ed.), Fl. Bras. 6(4): 305. 1885.
    • Blepharodon diffusum Decne. in DC., Prodr. 8: 605. 1844.
    • Blepharodon longipedicellatum E.Fourn. in Mart. (ed.), Fl. Bras. 6(4): 306. 1885.
    • Blepharodon nitidum (Vell.) J.F.Macbr., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 34. 1931.
    • Blepharodon nodosum Silveira, Fl. Serr. Min. 29. 1908.
    • Blepharodon ornatum Gleason, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 54: 618. 1927.
    • Blepharodon pallidum Decne. in DC., Prodr. 8: 603. 1844.
    • Blepharodon pallidum var. ellipticum Decne. in DC., Prodr. 8: 603. 1844.
    • Blepharodon spruceanum E.Fourn. in Mart. (ed.), Fl. Bras. 6(4): 307. 1885.
    • Blepharodon steudelianum (Miq.) Pulle, Enum. Vasc. Pl. Surinam 388. 1906.
    • Blepharodon steyermarkii R.W.Holm, Fieldiana, Bot. 28: 503. 1953.
    • Blepharodon venezuelense Moldenke, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 58: 455 1931..
    • Cynanchum nitidum Vell., Fl. Flumin. 3: t. 74. 1829.
    • Metastelma steudelianum Miq., Linnaea 18: 753. 1845.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz), N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Para, Amazonas, Acre, Rondonia), NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), S-Brazil (Parana), Paraguay (Amambay, Caaguazu, Concepcion, Cordillera, Paraguari, San Pedro), Peru, Colombia (Amazonas, Caquet, Cundinamarca, Guaina, Meta, Vichada), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Bolivar)

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

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