Byrsonima lucida

Byrsonima lucida

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Byrsonima
Species: Byrsonima lucida

Name

Byrsonima lucida (Mill.) DC., 1824

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Malpighia lucida Mill. in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 9 (1768)

• Heterotypic
  • Byrsonima luacesii Acuña & Roíg in Revista Soc. Cub. Bot. 10: 59 (1953)
  • Byrsonima portoricensis A.Stahl in Estud. Fl. Puerto-Rico 2: 143 (1884)
  • Malpighia lanceolata Müll.Berol. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 7: 467 (1869), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Byrsonima lucida Continental:Southern America Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Windward Is. Continental:Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Florida Introduced into: India References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1824. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 1: Sistens Thalamiflorarum ordines LIV. VI+746 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 1:580.

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Byrsonima lucida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 30. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Byrsonima lucida. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Byrsonima lucida. Published online. Accessed: August 30 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Byrsonima lucida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 August 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Byrsonima lucida in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Long Key locustberry

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