Vallesia glabra

Vallesia glabra

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: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Aspidospermateae
Genus: Vallesia
Species: Vallesia glabra

Name

Vallesia glabra (Cav.) Link, 1821

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Rauvolfia glabra Cav., Icon. 3: 50 (1796).
• Heterotypic
  • Vallesia cymbifolia Ortega, Nov. Rar. Pl. Descr. Dec.: 58 (1798).
  • Vallesia dichotoma Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. 2: 26 (1799).
  • Vallesia chiococcoides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 233 (1819).
  • Vallesia punctata Spreng., Neue Entd. 3: 33 (1822).
  • Vallesia inedita Guib., Trait. Drog. Simpl., ed. 6, 2: 376 (1869).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional:Mexico Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan) Continental: Southern America Colombia (Valle), Argentina (Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Pres. Hayes) , Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Potos, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Peru, Ecuador References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Link, H.F., 1821. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis Altera. Berolini [Berlin] 1:207.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Vallesia glabra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Vallesia glabra. 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 Oct. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Vallesia glabra. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 15 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Vallesia glabra in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 15.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Vallesia glabra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Oct. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vallesia glabra in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: pearlberry, tearshrub
español: amarguillo

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