Prestonia quinquangularis

Prestonia quinquangularis

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: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Apocynoideae
Tribus: Echiteae
Subtribus: Prestoniinae
Genus: Prestonia
Species: Prestonia quinquangularis

Name

Prestonia quinquangularis (Jacq.) Spreng., 1824

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Echites quinquangularis Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 13 (1760).
• Homotypic
  • Temnadenia quinquangularis (Jacq.) Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer.: 217 (1878).
• Heterotypic
  • Haemadictyon venosum Lindl., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 6: 71 (1825).
  • Echites nutans Anderson, Trans. Soc. London Encour. Arts 25: 203 (1835).
  • Echites leptolobus Stadelm., Flora 24(1 Beibl.): 15 (1841).
  • Haemadictyon nutans A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 426 (1844).
  • Haemadictyon acutifolium Benth. ex Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 167 (1860).
  • Guachamaca toxicaria Grosourdy, Med. Bot. Criollo 1(1): 295 (1864).
  • Haemadictyon caliginosum Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer.: 260 (1878).
  • Temnadenia leptoloba (Stadelm.) Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer.: 211 (1878).
  • Prestonia venosa (Lindl.) G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 3: 216 (1886).
  • Prestonia acutifolia (Benth. ex Müll.Arg.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 188 (1895).
  • Prestonia nutans (A.DC.) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 658 (1895).
  • Echites bangii Rusby, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 409 (1907).
  • Echites hulkianus Pulle, Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 9: 160 (1912).
  • Echites laurentiae-discus Rusby, Descr. S. Amer. Pl.: 85 (1920).
  • Prestonia marginata Markgr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 88 (1924).
  • Prestonia acutifolia var. latissima Markgr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 982 (1926).
  • Prestonia pachyphylla Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 23: 292 (1936), nom. superfl.
  • Prestonia simulans Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 23: 293 (1936).
  • Prestonia pickelii Markgr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 129 (1938).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Lesser Antilles (Dominica, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent), Trinidad, Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlantico, Bolvar, Crdoba, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, La Guajira, Meta, Quindo, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle), Costa Rica, Peru, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Panama, Guyana, Surinam, Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz), N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro), Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Barinas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia), Argentina (Formosa, Misiones, Salta), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Alto Parana, Amambay, Caaguazu, Canindeyu, Central, Concepcion, Paraguari, San Pedro) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Sprengel, C.P.J. 1824. Syst. Veg. 1: 637.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Prestonia quinquangularis. 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 Sep 22. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Prestonia quinquangularis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Prestonia quinquangularis. Published online. Accessed: Sep 22 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Prestonia quinquangularis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 22.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Prestonia quinquangularis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Sep 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Prestonia quinquangularis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

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