Disciphania

Disciphania calocarpa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Menispermaceae
Subfamilia: Chasmantheroideae
Tribus: Burasaieae
Genus: Disciphania

Name

Disciphania Eichler, Flora 47(25): 387. (Jul) 1864. – Fl. Bras. (Martius) 13(1): 168(–169). (Dec) 1864.

• Type species: Disciphania lobata Eichler, Flora 47(25): 387. 1864.

Overview of species

Accepted species

D. calocarpa – D. cardiophylla – D. contraversa – D. convolvulacea – D. cubijensis – D. dioscoreoides – D. domingensis – D. ernstii – D. hernandia – D. heterophylla – D. inversa – D. juliflora – D. killipii – D. lobata – D. mexicana – D. modesta – D. moriorum – D. remota – D. sagittaria – D. sarcostephana – D. smithii – D. spadicea – D. tessmannii – D. tricaudata – D. unilateralis

Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to checklists from the West Indies, Mesoamerica, Antioquia (Colombia), Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, the Guiana Shield, Brazil, and southern South America (Conosur), as well as to Carrillo-Reyes et al. (2013) – see references.

Names in synonymy

D. appendiculata – D. clausa – D. coriacea – D. glaziovii – D. hassleri – D. micrantha – D. nesiotes

Unresolved names

D. cryptobotrya – D. peltata

Source(s) of checklist:
List of unresolved names based on all names from IPNI that are not confirmed either as correct names of accepted species or as synonyms.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical America Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Eichler, 1864.Fl. Bras. (Martius) 13(1): 169

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Menispermaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 565–566. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• Barneby, R.C. 2001. Menispermaceae. Pp. 554–578 in Steyermark, J.A., Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 6, Liliaceae–Myrsinaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-81-9. Reference page. 
• Barneby, R.C. (†) & Hiepko, P. 2007. Menispermaceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 420–422. BHL Reference page. 
• Carrillo-Reyes, P., Sahagún-Godínez, E. & Ibarra-Manríquez, G. 2013. The genus Disciphania (Menispermaceae: Tinosporoideae, Tinosporeae) in Mexico. Brittonia 65: 439–451. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-012-9296-3 PDF Reference page. 
• Jiménez, Q. 2007. Menispermaceae. Pp. 615–627 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VI, Dicotiledóneas (Haloragaceae–Phytolaccaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-60-3. Reference page. 
• Liogier, A.H. 1983. Familia 78.— Menispermaceae. Pp. 243–249 in La Flora de la Española. II. Universidad Central del Este, San Pedro de Macorís, República Dominicana. Reference page. 
• Ortiz, R. 2001. Menispermaceae DC. Pp. 1432–1442 in Stevens, W.D., Ulloa Ulloa, C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua, Vol. 2, Angiospermas (Fabaceae–Oxalidaceae). (Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online Reference page. 
• Pérez Cueto, E. 1995. Menispermaceae. In Flora de Veracruz, Fasc. 87. 43 pp. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Xalapa, Veracruz; University of California, Riverside, CA, USA. ISBN 968-7213-72-8. PDF Reference page. 
• Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. 1946. Flora of Guatemala – Part IV. Fieldiana: Botany 24(4): 1–493. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Disciphania. Published online. Accessed: 06 April 2019.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Disciphania in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 April 06.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Disciphania.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Disciphania in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-04-06.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Disciphania. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 April 06. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2019. Disciphania. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 April 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Disciphania. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 April 2019.
• Disciphania in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 06 April 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Disciphania. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 April 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Disciphania. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 April 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Disciphania. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 April 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Disciphania. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 April 2019.
• Disciphania in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 06 April 2019.
• Disciphania in Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Accessed: 06 April 2019.

Vernacular names

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