Chaetolepis

Chaetolepis cufodontisii

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: Melastomateae
Genus: Chaetolepis
Species: Ch. alpina – Ch. anisandra – Ch. cufodontisii – Ch. lindeniana – Ch. loricarella – Ch. microphylla – Ch. perijensis – Ch. phelpsiae – Ch. santamartensis – Ch. sessilis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Chaetolepis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 06. Reference page.

Name

Chaetolepis (DC.) Miq., Comm. Phytogr. 2: 72. 1840.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Osbeckia sect. Chaetolepis DC., Prodr. 3: (139–)140. 1828. (as Chætolepis)
• Heterotypic
  • Haplodesmium Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 14: 150 (1850)
  • Trimeranthus H.Karst. in Linnaea 30: 159 (1859)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Burkina, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Sierra Leone. Southern America Central America Costa Rica. Northern South America Guyana, Venezuela. Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Miquel, F.A.W., 1828. Comm. Phytogr. 2: 72

Additional references

• Almeda, F., Berry, P.E., Freire-Fierro, A., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Luckana, N.G., Michelangeli, F.A., Morley, T., Penney, D., Renner, S.S., Robinson, O.R., Wurdack, J.J. (†) & Yatskievych, K. 2007. Melastomataceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 397–417. BHL Reference page. 
• Grimm, D. & Almeda, F. 2013. Systematics, phylogeny, and biogeography of Chaetolepis (Melastomataceae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 7(1): 217–263. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Chaetolepis. Published online. Accessed: 03 May 2018.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Chaetolepis in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2018 May 03.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chaetolepis.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Chaetolepis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-04-03.
• Tropicos.org 40005230. 03. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: May 2018 40005230.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Chaetolepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 May 2018.
• Chaetolepis 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: 03 May 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Chaetolepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 May 2018.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Chaetolepis. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 04 May 2018.

Vernacular names

For more multimedia, look at Chaetolepis on Wikimedia Commons.