Prestonia tomentosa

Prestonia tomentosa

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 tomentosa

Name

Prestonia tomentosa R.Br., 1810

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Prestonia latifolia Benth., J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 250 (1841).
  • Prestonia lanata Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 164 (1860).
  • Prestonia cearensis Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer.: 148 (1878).
  • Prestonia goudotiana Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 792 (1889).
  • Prestonia seriocalyx Malme, Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 24(10): 29 (1899).
  • Prestonia brachypoda S.F.Blake, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 530 (1924).
  • Prestonia cephalantha Rusby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 330 (1927).
  • Prestonia cornutisepala Rusby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 329 (1927).

Homonyms

• Prestonia tomentosa Seem. = Prestonia ipomaeifolia A.DC.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America N-Brazil (Roraima, Para, Amazonas, Acre), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Paraguay (Alto Parana, Amambay, Canindeyu, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari), Peru, Colombia (Cesar, La Guajira, Magdalena), Surinam, Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Guyana, Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Sucre, Yaracuy, Zulia), Ecuador References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Brown, R. 1810. Asclepiadeae: 58

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Prestonia tomentosa. 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 tomentosa 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 tomentosa. Published online. Accessed: Sep 22 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Prestonia tomentosa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 22.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Prestonia tomentosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Sep 2018.

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