Guyonia (Melastomataceae)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Melastomateae
Genus: Guyonia
Species: G. antennina – G. arenaria – G. ciliata – G. cinerascens – G. entii – G. glandulosa – G. humilis – G. jacquesii – G. obamae – G. pygmaea – G. rupicola – G. seretii – G. sylvestris – G. tenella

Name

Guyonia Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 14: 149. (1850) emend. Veranso-Libalah et al. (2017)

• Type species: Guyonia tenella Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 14: 150, t. 6. (1850)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Afzeliella Gilg in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 4 (1898)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa ^* Regional: Western Aferica Angola, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone ^* Regional: Central Aferica Central African Repu, Congo, Zambia, Zaïre ^* Regional: Eastern Africa Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Naudin, C. 1850. Melastomacearum quae in Musaeo Parisiensi continentur monographicae descriptionis et secundum affinitates distributionis tentamen. (Sequentia.) Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 3, 13: 25–39, 126–159, 273–303, 347–362, 14: 53–76, 118–165. BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL Reference page. : Série 3, 14: 149.

Additional references

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
• Veranso-Libalah, M.C., Stone, R.D., Fongod, A.G.N., Couvreur, T.L.P. & Kadereit, G. 2017. Phylogeny and systematics of African Melastomateae (Melastomataceae). Taxon 66(3): 584–614. DOI: 10.12705/663.5 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Guyonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Guyonia. 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 May 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Guyonia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 3 2020.

Vernacular names

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