Appendicularia (Melastomataceae)

Appendicularia thymifolia

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: Appendicularia
Species: A. pullei – A. subglabra – A. thymifolia

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Appendicularia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 9. Reference page.

Name

Appendicularia DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 114. (1828)

• Type species: Appendicularia thymifolia (Bonpl.) DC.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Appendiculana Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan.: 40 (1903), orth. var.
  • Brachypremna Gleason, Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 32: 204 (1935)

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1828. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 3: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines XXVI. 494 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 114

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Appendicularia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 9. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Appendicularia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 12 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Appendicularia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Sept. 2020.

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