Potalia

Potalia resinifera

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Gentianaceae
Tribus: Potalieae
Subtribus: Potaliinae
Genus: Potalia
Species: P. amara – P. chocoensis – P. coronata – P. crassa – P. elegans – P. maguireorum – P. resinifera – P. turbinata – P. yanamonoensis

Name

Potalia Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 394, t. 151. (1775)

• Type species: Potalia amara Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 394. t. 151. (1775)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Nicandra Schreb. Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a]. 1: 283. (1789) nom. illeg. hom. non Nicandra Adans. Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 219. (1763)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 1: 394

Additional references

• Struwe, L. & Albert, V.A. 2004. A monograph of Neotropical Potalia Aublet (Gentianaceae: Potalieae). Systematic Botany 29(3): 670-701. DOI: 10.1600/0363644041744428 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Potalia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Potalia. Published online. Accessed: Jul 27 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Potalia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Jul 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Potalia. 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 Jul 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Potalia. Accessed: 27 Jul 2021.

Vernacular names

العربية: بوطاليا
čeština: Potálie

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