Elvasia subg. Hostmannia

Elvasia elvasioides

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. Hostmannia

Name

Elvasia subg. Hostmannia (Planch.) Planch., London J. Bot. 5: 648. 1846.

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Hostmannia Planch. in Hook., Icon. Pl. 8: [1], t. 709. 1845.
    • Type species: Hostmannia elvasioides Planch., Icon. Pl. 8: t. 709. 1845.

• Homotypic
  • Elvasia sect. Hostmannia (Planch.) Gilg, Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engl. & Prantl] III. 6: 145. 1893.

• Heterotypic
  • Elvasia sect. Euessequibensa Dwyer ex R.S.Cowan, Brittonia 7(5): 406. 1952.
    • Type species: Elvasia essequibensis Engl., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(2): 354. 1876.
  • Elvasia sect. Conjunctipora R.S.Cowan, Brittonia 7(5): 406. 1952.
    • Type species: Elvasia sphaerocarpa R.S.Cowan, Brittonia 7(5): 406. 1952.

Overview of species

Accepted species

E. bisepala – E. capixaba – E. elvasioides – E. gigantifolia – E. kollmannii – E. macrostipularis – E. oligandra – E. sphaerocarpa – E. tricarpellata

Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to Fraga & Saavedra (2006).

Names in synonymy

Hostmannia elvasioides – H. essequibensis – H. sagotii

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Colombia, Peru (?). Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cowan, R.S. & Collaborators. 1952. Plant explorations of G. Wilson-Browne, S. J., in British Guiana. I. Kanuku Mountains. Brittonia 7(5): 389–414. DOI: 10.2307/2804967 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Gilg, E. 1893. Ochnaceae. Pp. 131–153 in Engler, A. & Prantl, K. (eds.), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, III. Teil, Abteilung 6. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. BHL Reference page. 
• Planchon, J.E. 1845. Tab. DCCIX. Hostmannia elvasioides, Planch. In Hooker, W.J. (ed.), Icones Plantarum 8 (= n. ser., 4). BHL Reference page. 
• Planchon, J.E. 1846. Sur le genre Godoya et ses analogues, avec des observations sur les limites des Ochnacées, et un revue des genres et espèces de ce groupe. (To be continued.) The London Journal of Botany 5: 584–600, 644–656. BHL BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fraga, C.N. de & Saavedra, M.M. 2006. Three new species of Elvasia (Ochnaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with an emended key for subgenus Hostmannia. Novon 16: 483–489. DOI: 10.3417/1055-3177(2006)16[483:TNSOEO]2.0.CO;2 BHL JSTOR PDF Reference page. 
• Sastre, C., Whitefoord, C. & Knapp, S. 1999. A new species of Elvasia (Ochnaceae) from Mesoamerica with discussion of subgeneric classification and phytogeography. Novon 9: 253–256. BHL JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Hostmannia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 January 26.