Brachyotum cernuum

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: Melastomateae
Genus: Brachyotum
Species: Brachyotum cernuum

Brachyotum cernuum (Bonpl.) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 48, t. 3, fig. 33b. 1871 [1872].

Basionym
- Rhexia cernua Bonpl. in Humb. & Bonpl., Monogr. Melast. 2: 32(–34), t. 13. 1808.

Homotypic
- Osbeckia cernua (Bonpl.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 312. 1825.
- Chaetogastra cernua (Bonpl.) DC., Prodr. 3: 135. 1828.

Misapplied names
- Chaetogastra stricta sensu Benth., Pl. Hartw.: 180. 1845, p.p. – non Chaetogastra stricta (Bonpl.) DC., Prodr. 3: 134. 1828.

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

Humboldt, A. & Bonpland, A. 1806–1823. Monographia Melastomacearum, continens Plantas hujus ordinis, hucusque collectas, praesertim per regnum Mexici, in provinciis Venezuelae et Novae Andalusiae, in Peruvianorum, Quitensium, Novae Granatae Andibus, ad Orinoci, Fluvii Nigri, fluminis Amazonum ripas nascentes. Vol. 2: Rhexiae. II+158 pp., 60 tt., index. Gide filium, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page.
De Candolle, A.P. 1828. Ordo LXXVI. Melastomaceae. Pp. 99–202 in Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 3, Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines XXVI. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page.
Sprengel, C. 1825. Caroli Linnaei, ... Systema vegetabilium. Ed. 16. Vol. II: Classis 6–15. 939 pp. Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae [Göttingen]. BHL Reference page:
Triana, J. 1872 ["1871"]. Les Mélastomacées. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 28: 1–188, tt. 1–7. BHL Reference page.

Bentham, G. 1839–1857. Plantas Hartwegianas imprimis mexicanas adjectis nonnullis Grahamianis enumerat novasque describit Georgius Bentham. 393 pp. Londini [London]. BHL Reference page.
Wurdack, J.J. 1953. A revision of the genus Brachyotum (Tibouchineae-Melastomaceae). Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 8: 343–407. BHL Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Brachyotum cernuum. Published online. Accessed: 29 August 2018.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Brachyotum cernuum.
Hassler, M. 2018. Brachyotum cernuum. 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 August 29. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2018. Brachyotum cernuum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 August 2018.
Brachyotum cernuum 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: 29 August 2018.