Ruyschia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Marcgraviaceae
Subfamilia: Noranteoideae
Genus: Ruyschia

Name

Ruyschia Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 2, 17. 1760.

• Type species: Ruyschia clusiifolia Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 17. 1760.

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Vargasia Ernst, Várgas Consider. como Bot.: (21–)23. 1877, nom. illeg. hom. – non Vargasia Bertero ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 283, 388. 1825. – nec Vargasia DC., Prodr. 5: 676. 1836.
  • Caracasia Szyszył., Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engl. & Prantl] III. 6: 162, 164. 1893, nom. nov.

Homonym

• Ruyschia Fabr., Enum.: 55. 1759, nom. inval.

Overview of species

Accepted species

R. andina – R. clusiifolia – R. enervia – R. moralesii – R. pavonii – R. phylladenia – R. pilophora – R. tremadena – R. valerii – R. viridiflora

Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to checklists from Mesoamerica, Antioquia (Colombia), Peru, and Bolivia as well as to De Roon (2005), Giraldo-Cañas (2011), and Hammel (2007) – see references. Additionally added, based on references shown in the respective taxon page: R. viridiflora .

Names in synonymy

Caracasia tremadena – C. viridiflora – Ruyschia amazonica – R. bahiensis – R. bicolor – R. corallina – R. crassipes – R. cymbadenia – R. didyma – R. fragrans – R. guianensis – R. jimenezii – R. laurifolia – R. lepidota – R. longistylis – R. mexicana – R. peruviana – R. platyadenia – R. souroubea – R. spectabilis – R. sphaeradenia – R. spixiana – R. subsessilis – R. surubea – R. zuluetana – Vargasia tremadena – V. viridiflora

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Caribbean Leeward Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is., Northern South America Venezuela, Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Jacquin, N.J. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarum, quas in Insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit novas, aut iam cognitas emendavit. 41 pp. Apud Theodorum Haak, Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• De Roon, A.C. 1970. Family 121. Marcgraviaceae. In Woodson, R.E., Jr., Schery, R.W. & Collaborators, Flora of Panama, part VI. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 57: 29–50. BHL Reference page. 
• De Roon, A.C. 2005. A new species of Ruyschia (Marcgraviaceae) from the South American Andes. Novon 15: 414–417. BHL JSTOR Reference page. 
• Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2011. Las Marcgraviaceae de Colombia: Inventario, diversidad, endemismo y distribución. Bioetnia 8: 28–39. PDF Reference page. 
• Hammel, B.E. 2007. Marcgraviaceae. Pp. 374–391 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VI, Dicotiledóneas (Haloragaceae–Phytolaccaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-60-3. Reference page. 
• Macbride, J.F. 1956. Marcgraviaceae. In Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(3A/2): 703–717. BHL Reference page. 
• Standley, P.C. & Williams, L.O. 1961. Marcgraviaceae. In Flora of Guatemala – Part VII, Number 1. Fieldiana: Botany 24(7/1): 16–23. BHL Reference page. 
• Utley, J.F. 1984. Marcgraviaceae. In Flora de Veracruz, Fasc. 38. 15 pp. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos Ecología, Xalapa, Veracruz. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Ruyschia. Published online. Accessed: 10 January 2016.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Ruyschia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2016 January 10.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ruyschia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2016-01-10.

• Tropicos.org 2016. Ruyschia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 January 2016.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Ruyschia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 January 2016.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Ruyschia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 January 2016.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Ruyschia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 January 2016.
• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Ruyschia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 January 2016.