Coursetia

Coursetia glandulosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Robinieae
Genus: Coursetia
Species: C. andina – C. apantensis – C. astragalina – C. axillaris – C. barrancana – C. brachyrhachis – C. caatingicola – C. cajamarcana – C. caribaea – C. chiapensis – C. diversifolia – C. dubia – C. elliptica – C. ferruginea – C. fruticosa – C. glabella – C. glandulosa – C. gracilis – C. grandiflora – C. greenmanii – C. guatemalensis – C. hassleri – C. hidalgoana – C. hintonii – C. insomniifolia – C. intermontana – C. madrensis – C. maraniona – C. mollis – C. oaxacensis – C. paniculata – C. paucifoliolata – C. planipetiolata – C. polyphylla – C. pumila – C. robinioides – C. rostrata – C. tumbezensis – C. vicioides

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Coursetia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 29. Reference page.

Name

Coursetia DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4(1): 92. (1825)

• Type species: Coursetia fruticosa (Cav.) J.F. Macbr. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4(4): 88. (1925) Designated as synonym Coursetia tomentosa DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4(1): 92. (1825)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Balboa Liebm.
  • Benthamantha Alef. Bonplandia 10: 264. (1862)
  • Brittonamra Kuntze
  • Callistylon Pittier
  • Cracca Benth. Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1853(1–2): 8. (1854)
  • Humboldtiella Harms Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 12. (1923)
  • Neocracca Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 68. (1898)

Note: Species list excludes those segregated as Poissonia Baill. Adansonia 9: 295. (1870) by Lavin (2003) and Pennington et al., (2011)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Candolle, A.P. de 1825. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) 4(1): 92. BHL

Additional references

• Lavin, M., Wojciechowski, M.F., Gasson, P., Hughes, C. & Wheeler, E. 2003. Phylogeny of robinioid legumes (Fabaceae) revisited: Coursetia and Gliricidia recircumscribed, and a biogeographical appraisal of the Caribbean endemics. Systematic Botany 28(2): 387–409. DOI: 10.1043/0363-6445-28.2.387 PDF Reference page. 
• Pennington, R.T., Daza, A., Reynel, C. & Lavin, M. 2011. Poissonia eriantha (Leguminosae) from Cuzco, Peru: an overlooked species underscores a pattern of narrow endemism common to seasonally dry neotropical vegetation. Systematic Botany 36(1): 59–68. DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553135 Full text PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Coursetia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Coursetia. Published online. Accessed: May 29 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Coursetia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 May 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Coursetia. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Coursetia. Accessed: 29 May 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Babybonnets

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