Didymaea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Rubieae
Genus: Didymaea
Species: D. alsinoides – D. ixtepejiensis – D. linearis – D. mexicana – D. naniflora

Name

Didymaea Hook.f., in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 2: 150. (1873)

• Type species: Didymaea mexicana Hook.f., in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 2: 150. (1873)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Balfourina Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 954 (1891)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1873. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 2, pars I. Sistens Dicotyledonum Gamopetalarum ordines VI, Caprifoliaceas–Compositas. Pp. I–XII, 1–554. Lovell Reeve & Co., Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Didymaea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Didymaea. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 22 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Didymaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Dec. 2023.