Voyria tenella

Voyria tenella

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: Gentianaceae
Tribus: Gentianeae
Subtribus: Swertiinae
Genus: Gentianella
Species: Gentianella tenella

Name

Gentianella tenella Guilding ex Hook., Bot. Misc. 1: 47 (1830)

Synonyms

• Biglandularia azurea H.Karst.
• Leiphaimos azurea (H.Karst.) Gilg
• Leiphaimos brachyloba (Griseb.) Urb.
• Leiphaimos brachyloba var. albida Urb. & Ekman
• Leiphaimos brachyloba f. albissima Cif.
• Leiphaimos brachyloba f. alboflava Cif.
• Leiphaimos brachyloba f. coerulea Cif.
• Leiphaimos brachyloba f. cremea Cif.
• Leiphaimos brachyloba var. cumbrensis Urb. & Ekman
• Leiphaimos brachyloba f. cyanea Cif.
• Leiphaimos brachyloba f. cyanescens Cif.
• Leiphaimos brachyloba f. flavescens Cif.
• Leiphaimos brachyloba f. flavidula Cif.
• Leiphaimos brachyloba f. glauca Cif.
• Leiphaimos brachyloba var. linearipetala Cif.
• Leiphaimos brachyloba f. nivea Cif.
• Leiphaimos brachyloba f. striata Cif.
• Leiphaimos disadenantha (Griseb.) Alain
• Leiphaimos nuda Gilg
• Leiphaimos nudus (Splitg.) Miq.
• Leiphaimos portoricensis Britton
• Leiphaimos simplex (Griseb.) Standl.
• Leiphaimos tenellus (Guilding ex Hook.) Miq.
• Voyria brachyloba Griseb.
• Voyria disadenantha Griseb.
• Voyria nuda Splitg.
• Voyria simplex Griseb.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Guilding, L., 1830. Bot. Misc. 1: 47

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha (2000). Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Voyria tenella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Voyria tenella. Published online. Accessed: Jul 29 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Voyria tenella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Jul 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Voyria tenella. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Voyria tenella. Accessed: 29 Jul 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Puerto Rico ghostplant

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