Browallia americana

Browallia americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Solanaceae
Subfamilia: Cestroideae
Tribus: Browallieae
Genus: Browallia
Species: Browallia americana

Name

Browallia americana L., Sp. Pl. 2: 631. 1753.

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Browallia demissa L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 1118. 1759. – Sp. Pl., ed. 2., 2: 879. 1763, nom. illeg. superfl.
  • Browallia linnaeana Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 808. 1825, nom. illeg. superfl. (as Linnaeana)
  • Browallia americana f. demissa (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 447. 1891, nom. illeg.

• Heterotypic
  • Browallia elata L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 1118. 1759. – Sp. Pl., ed. 2., 2: 880. 1763.
  • Browallia viscosa Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 2(8): 373(–374). 1817 [1818]. – Nov. Gen. Sp. (folio ed.) 2(8): 300. 1817 [1818].
  • Browallia grandiflora Graham, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 10(1): 168. 1830.
  • Browallia americana f. elata (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 447. 1891.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunth, C.S. 1818. Scrophularinae. Juss. Pp. 345–391, tt. 170–187 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 2 (quarto ed.). Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Kunth, C.S. 1818. Scrophularinae. Juss. Pp. 278–314, tt. 170–187 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 2 (folio ed.). Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. e-rara.ch Reference page. 
• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 
• Sprengel, C. 1825. Caroli Linnaei, ... Systema vegetabilium. Ed. 16. Vol. II: Classis 6–15. 939 pp. Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae [Göttingen]. BHL Reference page: 

Additional references

• Bohs, L. 2015. Solanaceae. Pp. 205–336 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VIII, Dicotiledóneas (Sabiaceae–Zygophyllaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-935641-12-4. Reference page. 
• Castillo Pinilla, R., Schultes, R.E. (†) & Hawkes, J.G. 2004. Flora de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reyno de Granada (1783–1816) promovida y dirigida por José Celestino Mutis. Tomo XXXVIII (1): Solanáceas (I): géneros Acnistus, Browallia, Capsicum, Cestrum, Cyphomandra, Datura, Deprea, Dunalia, Jaltomata, Juanulloa, Lycianthes, Markea, Nicandra, Nicotiana, Nierembergia, Physalis y Salpichroa. XVIII + 78 pp., 79 tt. Ediciones Cultura Hispánica, Madrid. ISBN 84-7232-999-2. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• D’Arcy, W.G. 1974 ["1973"]. Family 170. Solanaceae. In Woodson, R.E., Jr., Schery, R.W. & Collaborators, Flora of Panama, Part IX. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 60: 573–780. DOI: 10.2307/2395139 . JSTOR . BHL. Reference page. 
• Fournet, J. 2002. 133. Solanaceae. Pp. 1176–1217 in Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique, Tome 1, Nouv. éd. CIRAD, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Montpellier. ISBN 2-908490-26-9. Reference page. 
• Knapp, S. 2012. Solanaceae. In Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T., Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 898–913. BHL Reference page. 
• Macbride, J.F. 1962. Solanaceae. In Flora of Peru: Solanaceae. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(5B/1): 3–267. BHL Reference page. 
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Browallia americana. Published online. Accessed: 27 October 2018.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Browallia americana.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Browallia americana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-10-27.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Browallia viscosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-01-17.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Browallia americana. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 October 27. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2018. Browallia americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 October 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Browallia americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 October 2018.
• Browallia americana in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 27 October 2018.
• Browallia grandiflora in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 21 February 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Browallia americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 October 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Browallia americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 October 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Browallia americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 October 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Browallia americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 October 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Browallia viscosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 January 2019.
• Browallia americana in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 27 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Jamaican Forget-Me-Not

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