Episcia cupreata

Episcia cupreata

Episcia cupreata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Gesnerioideae
Tribus: Gesnerieae
Subtribus: Columneinae
Genus: Episcia
Species: Episcia cupreata

Name

Episcia cupreata (Hook.) Hanst., 1865

Synonyms

• Achimenes cupreata Hook., Bot. Mag. t. 4312 (1847)
• Achimenes metallica Van Houtte ex Regel, nom. nud. pro syn.
• Achimenes splendens (Linden) Hend.
• Cyrtodeira cupreata (Hook.) Hanst., Linnaea, 26: (1853) 207. t. 2, f. 39
• Cyrtodeira cupreata var. metallica Regel
• Cyrtodeira cupreata var. viridifolia Hook.
• Cyrtodeira trianae Hanst., Koch, Allgem. Gartenz. 25: 237 (1857)
• Episcia cupreata var. viridifolia (Hook.) G.Nicholson
• Episcia splendens (Linden) Hanst., Linnaea, 34: 1865 341 (1866)
• Tapina splendens Triana, Belg. Hortic. 7: 198 (1857)
• Tapina variegata Linden

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America Benin Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil North Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Venezuela Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional: Western South America Ecuador Introduced into: Bangladesh, Chagos Archipelago, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Southwest, Puerto Rico, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hanstein, J.L.E.R. v.. 1865. Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange. Berlin 34:340.

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants. Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919 [unavailable to the public]. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Episcia cupreata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Episcia cupreata. Published online. Accessed: Sep 04 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Episcia cupreata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Sep 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Episcia cupreata. 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 Sep 04. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Episcia cupreata. Accessed: 04 Sep 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Episcia cupreata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

español: Barba de aron, Begonia abisinia
suomi: Hohtokuparilehti

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