Enicostema verticillatum

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: Gentianaceae
Tribus: Potalieae
Subtribus: Faroinae
Genus: Enicostema
Species: Enicostema verticillatum

Name

Enicostema verticillatum (L.) Engl., Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 4(Abt. 2, Lief. 120-121): 67, fig. 34. (1895)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gentiana verticillata L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 952. (1759)
• Homotypic
  • Ericoila verticillata (L.) Borkh., Arch. Bot. [Leipzig] 1(1): 27 (1796)
  • Hippion verticillatum (L.) F.W.Schmidt, Arch. Bot. [Leipzig] 1(1): 11. (1796) et (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 589. (1824)
  • Exacum verticillatum (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1(2): 640. (1798)
  • Centaurium verticillatum (L.) E.H.L.Krause, Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 32(2): 341. (1914)
• Heterotypic
  • Adenema hyssopifolium G.Don
  • Coutoubea verticillata G.Don
  • Enicostema occidentale (Griseb.) Griseb.
  • Gentiana hyssopifolia L. ex Spreng.
  • Gentiana lignosa Murray ex Steud.
  • Gentiana octoflora Vitman
  • Hippion verticillatum var. occidentale (Griseb.) Kuntze
  • Slevogtia occidentalis Griseb.
  • Slevogtia verticillata D.Don
    

Note: Accepted by; Raynal (1969), Veldkamp (1968), Govaerts et al. (2021) and local flora, but not Hassler (2021) = ambiguous synonym of Enicostema axillare subsp. axillare with a distribution that does not include Mesoamerica and Caribbean shown here. WS has to adopt a conservative approach.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Nicaragua Panamá Northern South America Guyana Venezuela Caribbean Leeward Is. Trinidad-Tobago Venezuelan Antilles Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Engler, H.G.A. 1895. Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien [Engler & Prantl] 4(Abt. 2, Lief. 120-121): 67, fig. 34.

Additional references

• Raynal, A. 1969. Révision du genre Enicostema Blume (Gentianaceæ) Adansonia série 2, 9: 75. BHL. Reference page. 
• Veldkamp, J.F. 1968. A synopsis of the genus Enicostema Bl., nom. cons. (Gentianaceae). Blumea 16(1): 133–136. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Enicostema verticillatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Enicostema verticillatum. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Enicostema verticillatum. Published online. Accessed: July 27 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Enicostema verticillatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 July 2021.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Enicostema verticillatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 27.
• Tropicos.org: Vascular Plants of the Americas: Enicostema verticillatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 27.