Phthirusa

Phthirusa clandestina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Santalales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Loranthaceae
Tribus: Psittacantheae
Subtribus: Psittacanthinae
Genus: Phthirusa
Species: P. clandestina – P. delicatula – P. elliptica – P. exilis – P. guyanensis – P. hutchisonii – P. inorna – P. janeirensis – P. macrophylla – P. monetaria – P. nitens – P. pedicularis – P. rhynchophylla – P. schneeana – P. stenophylla – P. steyermarkiana – P. subcorymbosa – P. verruculosa

Nothospecies: P. × angulata

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Phthirusa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 14. Reference page.

Name

Phthirusa Mart., Flora 13: 110. (1830)

• Type species: Phthirusa clandestina (Mart. ex Roem. & Schult.) Mart., Flora 13: 110. (1830)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Furarium Rizzini in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 12: 118 (1953)
  • Hemitria Raf. in Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 6: 79 (1820), nom. nud.
  • Ixocactus Rizzini, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 12: 118. 1952[1953]
    • Type species: Ixocactus hutchisonii Kuijt, Brittonia 19(1): 62–66, f. 1–12. (1967)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Regional: Western South America Ecuador, Peru Continental:Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Martius, C.F.P. von 1830. Flora 13: 110.

Additional references

• Kuijt, J., 2011. Pulling the skeleton out of the closet: resurrection of Phthirusa sensu Martius and consequent revival of Passovia (Loranthaceae). Plant Diversity and Evolution 129(2): 159-211. DOI: 10.1127/1869-6155/2011/0129-0049 Reference page. 
• Kuijt, J. 2013. A brief taxonomic history of neotropical mistletoe genera, with a key to the genera. Blumea – Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 58: 3. 263–266(4). DOI: 10.3767/000651913X676664 PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Phthirusa. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 3. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Phthirusa. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 3 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Phthirusa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

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