Cuspidaria (Plantae)

Cuspidaria floribunda

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Bignoniaceae
Tribus: Bignonieae
Genus: Cuspidaria
Species: C. argentea – C. bracteata – C. cinerea – C. convoluta – C. cratensis – C. emmonsii – C. floribunda – C. inaequalis – C. lachnaea – C. lasiantha – C. lateriflora – C. monophylla – C. multiflora – C. octoptera – C. pulchella – C. pulchra – C. simplicifolia – C. subincana – C. weberbaueri

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cuspidaria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Oct. 27. Reference page.

Names in synonymy: C. sceptrum

Name

Cuspidaria DC., Biblioth. Universelle Genève, sér. 2, 17: 125 (1838), nom. cons.

• Type species: C. pterocarpa (Cham.) DC., typ. cons. [= synonym of Cuspidaria convoluta (Vell.) A.H.Gentry]

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Nouletia Endl., Gen. 1407. (1841)
  • Lochmocydia Mart. ex DC., Prodr. 9: 177 (1845), pro syn.
  • Cremastus Miers, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 187 (1863)
  • Saldanhaea Bureau, Adansonia 8: 354 (1868), nom. illeg.
  • Setilobus Baill., Hist. Pl. 10: 29 (1888)
  • Blepharitheca Pichon, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92: 224 (1945 publ. 1946)
  • Tetrastichella Pichon, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92: 223 (1945 publ. 1946)

Homonyms

• Cuspidaria Link, Handbuch (Link) 2: 315. (1831) = Erysimum L. (1753) (Brassicaceae)
• Cuspidaria (DC.) Besser (1822), nom. rej. = Erysimum L. (1753) (Brassicaceae)
• Cuspidaria Fée (1850) = Dicranoglossum J.Sm. (1854) vide Pleopeltis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. (1810) (Polypodiaceae)
• Cuspidaria Müll.Hal. (1896) = Entodon Müll.Hal. (1844) (Entodontaceae)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama. Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1838. Revue sommaire de la famille des Bignoniacées. Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève, ser. 2. 17: 117–136. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lohmann, L.G. & Taylor, C.M. 2014. A New Generic Classification of Tribe Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 99 (3):348-489. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.3417/2003187 Full text from ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cuspidaria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Oct. 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Cuspidaria. 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 Apr. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cuspidaria. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 27 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cuspidaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Apr. 2019.

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