Tessiera

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: Spermacoceae
Genus: Tessiera
Species: T. hexasepala – T. lithospermoides

Name

Tessiera DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 4: 574 (1830).

• Type species: Tessiera lithospermoides DC.
  • Designated in Salas & Cabral (2010: 184)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
• Staelia sect. Tessiera (DC.) K.Schum., Fl. Bras. 6(6): 72–73. (1888).
• Heterotypic
• Diphragmus C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 5, 3: 510 (1845); Bot. Bemerk.: 80 (1844).
  • Type species: Diphragmus scaber C.Presl (= Tessiera lithospermoides DC.)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1830. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 4: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 683 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Presl, K.B. 1845. Botanische Bemerkungen. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften ser. 5, 3: 431–584. BHL Reference page. 
• Salas, R.M. & Cabral, E.L. 2010. Rehabilitación y lectotipificación del género Tessiera, su relación con Diphragmus y Staelia (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae): una nueva combinación y un nuevo sinónimo. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 4(1): 181–192. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2022. Tessiera. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct. 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Tessiera. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 19 2022.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Tessiera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct. 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Tessiera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Oct. 2022.