Elvasia calophyllea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Ochnaceae
Subfamilia: Ochnoideae
Tribus: Ochneae
Subtribus: Elvasiinae
Genus: Elvasia
Subgenus: Elvasia subg. Elvasia
Species: Elvasia calophyllea

Elvasia calophyllea DC., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 422, t. 20. 1811.

Typus: Brazil, Pará: Ferreira s.n. (holotype: P-00542480; isotype: F [fragm.]).

Heterotypic
- Elvasia sprucei Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 16(3–6): 409. 1902. (as E. Sprucei)
  - Typus: Brazil, Amazonas: "Prope Barra [Manaus], Prov. Río Negro"; Sep 1851; Spruce 1792 (syntypes: B [negative 9642 in F], BM-000777911, CGE, E-00326367, G-00340905, G-00340908, GH, K-000382189, K-000382190, M-0213022, MPU-019988, NY-00658465, NY-00658473, P-00542482, P-00542483, P-00542484, RB-18686-00686411, S-09-462, TCD-0004030, W-1889-0005894).
- Elvasia schomburgkii Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 16(3–6): 409. 1902. (as E. Schomburgki)
  - Typus: Guyana: 1840; Schomburgk 940 (syntypes: F [fragm.], GH, K-000382187, P-00542481).

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Northern South America Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Colombia. Brazil Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

De Candolle, A.P. 1811. Monographie des Ochnacées et des Simaroubées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 17: 398–425. BHL Reference page.
Tieghem, P. van. 1902. Sur les Ochnacées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 8, 16: 161–416. BHL Reference page.

Dwyer, J.D. 1943. The taxonomy of the monogeneric tribe Elvasieae (Ochnaceae). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 70: 42–49. JSTOR Reference page.
Engler, A. 1876. Ochnaceae, Anacardiaceae, Sabiaceae, Rhizophoraceae. Cols. 297–432, tt. 62–91 in Martius, C.F.P. de (†) & Eichler, A.G. (eds.), Flora Brasiliensis. Enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum quas suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas partim icone illustratas, Vol. XII, pars II. Fasc. LXXI. Frid. Fleischer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page.
Sastre, C. 2007. Ochnaceae. 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: 445–449. BHL Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Elvasia calophyllea. Published online. Accessed: 26 January 2019.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Elvasia calophyllea.
Hassler, M. 2019. Elvasia calophyllea. 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 January 26. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2019. Elvasia calophyllea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 January 2019.
Elvasia calophyllea in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 26 January 2019.

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