Chelonanthus alatus

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Chelonanthus alatus

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: Gentianaceae
Tribus: Helieae
Genus: Chelonanthus
Species: Chelonanthus alatus

Name edit

Chelonanthus alatus Pulle, Enum. Vasc. Pl. Surinam 376. (1906). Hassler is incorrect in maintaining Chelonanthus alatus Standl. (1925) nom. illeg. hom. as the accepted name due to the priority of this combination.

Synonyms edit

  • Calolisianthus acutangulus Gilg, Engl. et Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam 4: 2. 100 (1895)
  • Chelonanthus acutangulus (Ruiz & Pav.) Gilg, Engl. et Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. IV(2): 98 (1895)
  • Chelonanthus alatus (Aubl.) Pulle, Enum. Pl. Surinam, 376 (1906)
  • Chelonanthus chelonoides (L.fil.) Gilg, Engl. et Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. IV(2): 98 (1895)
  • Chelonanthus leucanthus Gilg, Fedde, Repert. Nov. Sp. 2: 55 (1906)
  • Chelonanthus whitei (Rusby) Rusby, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 7: 322 (1927)
  • Helia acutangula (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 427 (1891)
  • Helia alata (Aubl.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 428 (1891)
  • Helia campanulacea (Desr.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 428 (1891)
  • Helia chelonodes (L.fil.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 427 (1891)
  • Helia crassicaulis (M.Martens & Galeotti) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 428 (1891)
  • Helia cujabana Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 427 (1891)
  • Helia oerstedtii (Griseb.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 428 (1891)
  • Helia tetragona (Benth.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 428 (1891)
  • Helia trifidus (Kunth) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 427 (1891)
  • Helia virgata (Progel) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 428 (1891)
  • Irlbachia alata (Aubl.) Maas, Proc. Kon. Nederl. Akad. Wetensch., C, 88(4): 408 (1985)
  • Lisianthus acutangulus Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Per. 2: 14 (1799)
  • Lisianthus alatus Aubl., Pl. Gui. 1: 204 (1775)
  • Lisianthus campanulaceus Desr., Lam. Encyc. 3: 660 (1792)
  • Lisianthus chelonoides L.fil., Suppl. 134 (1782) nom. illeg.
  • Lisianthus crassicaulis M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Brux. 11: I. 374 (1844)
  • Lisianthus oerstedii Griseb., Kjoeb. Vidensk. Meddel. 54 (1853)
  • Lisianthus tetragono-alatus Steud., Nom. ed. II. 2: 55 (1841)
  • Lisianthus tetragonus Benth., Pl. Hartw. 68 (1840)
  • Lisianthus trifidus Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. 3: 182 (1818)
  • Lisianthus virgatus Progel, Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(1): 239 (1865)
  • Tetragonanthus whitei Rusby, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 7: 321 (1927)

Note: See Helia alata and Irlbachia alata for taxonomic opinions.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Peru; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Ecuador; Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz); Belize; Honduras; Guatemala; Panama; Colombia; Trinidad; Tobago; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia, Roraima); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Barinas, Bolívar, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia)

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

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