Nepsera

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: Marcetieae
Genus: Nepsera

Name

Nepsera Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 13(1): 28. 1850.

• Type species: Nepsera aquatica (Aubl.) Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 13(1): 28. 1850.

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Homonoma Bello, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 269. 1881.
    • Type species: Homonoma aridum Bello, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10(2): 269. 1881.

Overview of species

Accepted species

N. aquatica

Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to Wurdack (1980) and Berry (2001), as well as to Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil – see references.

Names in synonymy

Homonoma aridum

Unresolved names

N. glandulosa – N. pendulifolia

Source(s) of checklist:
List of unresolved names based on all names from IPNI that are not confirmed either as correct names of accepted species or as synonyms.

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. 

Additional references

• Almeda, F. 2001. Melastomataceae Juss. Pp. 1339–1419 in Stevens, W.D., Ulloa Ulloa, C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua, Vol. 2, Angiospermas (Fabaceae–Oxalidaceae). (Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online Reference page. 
• Almeda, F. 2009. 180. Melastomataceae. Pp. 164–338 in Davidse, G., Sousa S., M., Knapp, S. & Chiang, F. (eds.), Flora Mesoamericana, Vol. 4, Parte 1, Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis; The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 978-607-02-0901-7. Online Reference page. 
• Almeda, F., Berry, P.E., Freire-Fierro, A., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Luckana, N.G., Michelangeli, F.A., Morley, T., Penney, D., Renner, S.S., Robinson, O.R., Wurdack, J.J. (†) & Yatskievych, K. 2007. Melastomataceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 397–417. BHL Reference page. 
• Berry, P.E. 2001. Nepsera. Pp. 482–483 in Berry, P.E., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Morley, T., Michelangeli, F.A., Luckana, N.G., Almeda, F., Renner, S.S., Freire-Fierro, A., Robinson, O.R. & Yatskievych, K., Melastomataceae. In Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 6, Liliaceae–Myrsinaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-81-9. Reference page. 
• Wurdack, J.J. 1980. 138. Melastomataceae. In Harling, G. & Sparre, B. (eds.), Flora of Ecuador, No. 13: 1–406. University of Göteborg & Riksmuseum, Stockholm. ISBN 91-546-0281-5. Reference page. 
• Wurdack, J.J. 1993. Nepsera. Pp. 263–264 in Wurdack, J.J., Morley, T. & Renner, S., 99. Melastomataceae. In Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A. (ed.), Flora of the Guianas, Series A: Phanerogams, Fascicle 13. Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, ISBN 3-87429-343-2. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Nepsera. Published online. Accessed: 14 April 2019.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Homonoma in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 April 14.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Nepsera in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 April 14.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Nepsera.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Nepsera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-04-14.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Nepsera. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 April 14. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2019. Nepsera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 April 2019.
• Nepsera in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 14 April 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Nepsera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 April 2019.
• Nepsera in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 14 April 2019.