Aciotis purpurascens

Aciotis purpurascens

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: Marcetieae
Genus: Aciotis
Species: Aciotis purpurascens

Name

Aciotis purpurascens (Aubl.) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 52, t. 3, fig. 36a. 1871 [1872].

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Melastoma purpurascens Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guian. 1: 402(–404). 1775. – Hist. Pl. Guiane 3: t. 154. 1775. – non Melastoma purpurascens Sw., Prodr.: 71. 1788, nom. illeg. hom.

• Homotypic
  • Melastoma purpureum Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 2(1): 590. 1799, nom. superfl. (as Melastoma purpurea)
  • Miconia purpurascens (Aubl.) DC., Prodr. 3: 179. 1828.

• Heterotypic
  • Rhexia sileniflora Bonpl. in Humb. & Bonpl., Monogr. Melast. 2(22): 129(–130), t. 48. 1821.
  • Aciotis discolor D.Don, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4(2): 301. 1823.
  • Spennera fragilis DC., Prodr. 3: 115. 1828.
  • Melastoma fragile Rich. ex DC., Prodr. 3: 115. 1828, nom. inval. pro syn. (as Melastoma fragilis) – non Melastoma fragile L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 236. 1781 [1782].
  • Spennera pellucida DC., Prodr. 3: 115. 1828.
  • Melastoma pellucens Rich. ex DC., Prodr. 3: 115. 115. 1828, nom. inval. pro syn.
  • Spennera sileniflora (Bonpl.) DC., Prodr. 3: 116. 1828.
  • Spennera grandifolia Miq., Linnaea 18: 273(–274). 1844 [1845].
  • Spennera pellucida var. subcordata Crueg., Linnaea 20: 100. 1847.
  • Spennera uliginosa Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 14(2): 144. 1850.
  • Melastoma uliginosum Bonpl. ex Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 14(2): 144. 1850, nom. inval. pro syn. (as Melastoma uliginosa)
  • Spennera martinicensis Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 14(2): 147. 1850.
  • Aciotis uliginosa (Naudin) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 51. 1871 [1872].
  • Aciotis sileniflora (Bonpl.) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 52. 1871 [1872].
  • Aciotis circaeifolia var. major Cogn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 14(3): 473. 1885.
  • Aciotis purpurascens var. pellucida (DC.) Cogn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 14(3): 474. 1885.
  • Aciotis purpurascens var. longifolia Cogn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 14(3): 474. 1885.
  • Aciotis fragilis (DC.) Cogn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 14(3): 475. 1885.
  • Spennera lancifolia Steud. ex Cogn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 14(3): 475. 1885, nom. inval. pro syn.
  • Aciotis fragilis var. lancifolia Cogn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 14(3): 475(–476). 1885.
  • Aciotis longifolia var. glabra Huber, Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 4: 595. 1906.
  • Aciotis martinicensis (Naudin) Urb., Symb. Antill. 5(3): 446(–447). 1908.
  • Aciotis trinitensis Cogn. in Urb., Symb. Antill. 7: 310. 1912.
  • Aciotis discolor var. martinicensis (Naudin) Stehlé, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92(9): 265(–266). 1945.
  • Aciotis pellucida (DC.) Pittier in Pittier & al., Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 244. 1947.
  • Aciotis purpurascens var. martinicensis (Naudin) Stehlé, M.Stehlé & Quentin, Fl. Guadeloupe Dépend. 2(3): 101. 1949.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America ^* Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru ^* Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central ^* Regional: Northern South America Colombia ^* Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Panamá ^* Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Triana, J. 1872 ["1871"]. Les Mélastomacées. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 28: 1–188, tt. 1–7. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cogniaux, A. 1885. Melastomataceae tribus II. Tibouchineae. Index voluminis XIV. partis III. Cols. 205–510, tt. 49–108 in Martius, C.F.P. de (†) & Eichler, A.G. (eds.), Flora Brasiliensis. Enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum quas suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas partim icone illustratas, Vol. XIV. Pars III, Fasc. XCIV. Frid. Fleischer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. 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. 
• 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. 
• 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 3. Tt. 1–193. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Naudin, C. 1850. Melastomacearum quae in Musaeo Parisiensi continentur monographicae descriptionis et secundum affinitates distributionis tentamen. (Sequentia.) Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 3, 13: 25–39, 126–159, 273–303, 347–362, 14: 53–76, 118–165. BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL Reference page. 
• Urban, I. 1908. Melatomataceae. In Nova genera et species III. Pp. 446–451 in Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis, Vol. V. Fratres Borntraeger, Lipsiae [Leipzig]; Paul Klincksieck, Parisiis [Paris]; Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. 
• Almeda, F., Berry, P.E., Freire-Fierro, A., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Luckana, N.G., Michelangeli, F.A., Morley, T., Penney, D., Renner, S.S., Robinson, O.R., Wurdack, J.J. (†) & Yatskievych, K. 2007. Melastomataceae. 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: 397–417. BHL Reference page. 
• Freire-Fierro, A. 2001. Aciotis. Pp. 270–276 in Berry, P.E., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Morley, T., Michelangeli, F.A., Luckana, N.G., Almeda, F., Renner, S.S., Freire-Fierro, A., Robinson, O.R. & Yatskievych, K., Melastomataceae. In Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 6, Liliaceae–Myrsinaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-81-9. Reference page. 
• Freire-Fierro, A. 2002. Monograph of Aciotis (Melastomataceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 62: 1–99. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Wurdack, J.J. 1980. 138. Melastomataceae. In Harling, G. & Sparre, B. (eds.), Flora of Ecuador, No. 13: 1–406. University of Göteborg & Riksmuseum, Stockholm. ISBN 91-546-0281-5. Reference page. 
• Wurdack, J. J. 1993. Aciotis. Pp. 9–21 in Wurdack, J.J., Morley, T. & Renner, S., 99. Melastomataceae. In Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A. (ed.), Flora of the Guianas, Series A: Phanerogams, Fascicle 13. Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, ISBN 3-87429-343-2. Reference page.  (as Aciotis fragilis and A. purpurascens)

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aciotis purpurascens. Published online. Accessed: 14 March 2019.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Aciotis purpurascens.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Aciotis purpurascens. 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 March 14. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 20300006. 14. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: March 2019 20300006.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Aciotis purpurascens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 March 2019.
• Aciotis purpurascens 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: 14 March 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Aciotis purpurascens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 March 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Aciotis purpurascens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 March 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Aciotis purpurascens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 March 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Aciotis purpurascens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 March 2019.
• Aciotis purpurascens in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 14 March 2019.

Vernacular names

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