Philacra auriculata

Taxonavigation edit

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

Familia: Ochnaceae
Subfamilia: Ochnoideae
Tribus: Luxemburgieae
Genus: Philacra
Species: Philacra auriculata

Philacra auriculata Dwyer, Brittonia 5(2): 126(–127), fig. 1(g). 1944.

Typus: Brazil/Venezuela: Western foothills of Serra Imeri, near Salto de Huá, ca. 800 m alt.; 27 Nov–8 Dec 1930; E.G.Holt & E.R.Blake 498 (holotype: NY-00688567).^{[Note 1]}

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Northern South America Venezuela. Brazil Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Dwyer, J.D. 1944. Philacra, a new genus of the Ochnaceae. Brittonia 5: 124–127. DOI: 10.2307/2804747 JSTOR Reference page.

Feres, F. 2006. Estudos taxonômicos em Philacra Dwyer (Ochnaceae). Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences 28(3): 183–187. DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v28i3.191 Reference page.
Sastre, C. 2003. Ochnaceae. Pp. 124–161 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 7, Myrtaceae–Plumbaginaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-930723-13-9. Reference page.
Sastre, C. 2007. Ochnaceae. 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: 445–449. BHL Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Philacra auriculata. Published online. Accessed: 02 February 2019.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Philacra auriculata.
Hassler, M. 2019. Philacra auriculata. 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 February 02. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2019. Philacra auriculata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 February 2019.
Philacra auriculata in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 02 February 2019.

↑ Obviously, the wrong specimen is cited in the protologue. The specimen Holt & Blake 498 was marked as the type by Dwyer in his own handwriting in 1941. On the other hand Holt & Blake 599, the specimen cited in the protologue, was identified as Vismia japurensis in 1952.