Chrysothemis melittifolia

Chrysothemis melittifolia

Chrysothemis melittifolia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Gesnerioideae
Tribus: Gesnerieae
Subtribus: Columneinae
Genus: Chrysothemis
Species: Chrysothemis melittifolia

Name

Chrysothemis melittifolia (L.) M.M.Mora & J.L.Clark, Syst. Bot. 41(1): 95. (2016)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Besleria melittifolia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 619. (1753)
• Homotypic
  • Alloplectus melittifolius (L.) Mart. ex Loudon, Encyc. Pl. 1402
  • Episcia melittifolia (L.) Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 3(1): 42. (1829)
  • Skiophila melittifolia (L.) Hanst., Linnaea 26(2): 207. (1854)
  • Nautilocalyx melittifolius (L.) Wiehler, Phytologia 27: 307. (1973)
• Heterotypic
  • Besleria guadalupensis DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 7(2): 538 (1839)
  • Episcia guadalupensis (DC.) Hanst., Linnaea 34(3): 345. (1865)
  • Episcia melittifolia var. guadelupensis (DC.) Urb.
  • Nautilocalyx melittifolius var. guadalupensis (DC.) Fournet, Fl. Illustr. Phan. Guadeloupe & Martinique 1325. (1978)
  • Chrysothemis venosa Decne., Rev. Hort. [Paris]. Ser. III, 3: 242. (1849)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Southern America Regional: Caibbean Leeward Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Mora, M.M. & Clark, J.L. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of the Neotropical genus Paradrymonia (Gesneriaceae), reexamination of generic concepts and the resurrection of Trichodrymonia and Centrosolenia. Systematic Botany 41(1): 82–104. DOI: 10.1600/036364416X690561 Reference page. : 41: 95

Additional references

• Clark J.L., Skog L.E., Boggan J.K. & Ginzbarg, S. 2020. Index to names of New World members of the Gesneriaceae (subfamilies Sanangoideae and Gesnerioideae). Rheedea: Official Journal of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy 30(1): 190-256. DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2020.30.01.14 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Chrysothemis melittifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 July 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Chrysothemis melittifolia. Published online. Accessed: July 25 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Chrysothemis melittifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 July 2020.

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Vernacular names

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