Alternanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It is a widespread genus with most species occurring in the tropical Americas, and others in Asia, Africa, and Australia. Plants of the genus may be known generally as joyweeds, or Joseph's coat. Several species are notorious noxious weeds.
The Polygalaceae or the milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 21 genera and ca. 900 known species of herbs, shrubs and trees. Over half of the species are in one genus, Polygala, the milkworts.
Erythroxylum (Erythroxylon) is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Erythroxylaceae. Many of the approximately 200 species contain the drug cocaine; Erythroxylum coca, a native of South America, is the main commercial source of cocaine and of the mild stimulant coca tea. Another species, Erythroxylum vaccinifolium is used as an aphrodisiac in Brazilian drinks and herbal medicine.
Securidaca is a genus of shrubs and lianas in the family Polygalaceae. It is native to tropical Africa, SE Asia and the Americas from Mexico and the West Indies to Paraguay.
Spigelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan van den Spiegel by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 Species Plantarum; the type species is Spigelia anthelmia. Pinkroot is a common name for plants in this genus.
Hypenia is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1988. It is native to South America and southern Mexico.
- Hypenia aristulata(Epling) Harley - Goiás
- Hypenia brachystachys(Pohl ex Benth.) Harley - southern Brazil
- Hypenia calycina(Pohl ex Benth.) Harley - Brazil
- Hypenia concinna(Benth.) Harley - Tocantins
- Hypenia crispata(Pohl ex Benth.) Harley - Goiás
- Hypenia densiflora(Pohl ex Benth.) Harley - Brazil
- Hypenia durifolia(Epling) Harley - Brazil
- Hypenia gardneriana(Benth.) Harley - Brazil
- Hypenia glauca(A.St.-Hil. ex Benth.) Harley - Brazil, Paraguay
- Hypenia inelegans(Epling) Harley - Brazil
- Hypenia irregularis(Benth.) Harley - Brazil
- Hypenia macrantha(A.St.-Hil. ex Benth.) Harley - Brazil
- Hypenia macrosiphon(Briq.) Harley - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia
- Hypenia marifolia(Benth.) Harley - Brazil
- Hypenia micrantha(Benth.) Harley - Mato Grosso
- Hypenia paniculata(Benth.) Harley - Brazil
- Hypenia paradisi(Harley) Harley - Goiás
- Hypenia pauliana(Epling) Harley - Brazil
- Hypenia perplexa(Epling) Harley - Brazil
- Hypenia pruinosa(Pohl ex Benth.) Harley - Brazil
- Hypenia reticulata(Mart. ex Benth.) Harley - eastern Brazil
- Hypenia salzmannii(Benth.) Harley - Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
- Hypenia simplex(A.St.-Hil. ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore - Brazil
- Hypenia subrosea(Harley) Harley - Goiás
- Hypenia violaceaMart.Gord. & S.Valencia - Guerrero, Oaxaca
Moutabea pacifica, synonym Balgoya pacifica, is a species of vine in the family Polygalaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. It has been considered to be the only species of the genus Balgoya. It is now placed in the neotropical genus Moutabea, in the tribe Moutabeae.
Cantinoa is a genus of plants with 27 species in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 2012. It is native primarily to New World, with some species introduced in the old world.
- Cantinoa althaifolia Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa americana (Aubl.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa carpinifolia (Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa colombiana (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa dubia Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa duplicatodentata Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa erythrostachys (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa heterodon (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa impar (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa indivisa (Pilg.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa macroptera (Briq.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa multiseta (Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa muricata Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa mutabilis (Rich.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa nanuzae Harley
- Cantinoa x obvallata (Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa pinetorum (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa plectranthoides (Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa propinqua (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa racemulosa Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa rubicunda Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa similis (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa stricta (Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa subrotunda Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa x sylvularum Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa villicaulis (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
- Cantinoa violacea Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
Hebecarpa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae. Species are found from the southern United States through Mexico and Central America to western South America.
Asemeia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae.
Fritzschia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil. They are sprawling or erect shrubs, with their branchlets and their hypanthia coated with either glandular or villose trichomes.
Gymnospora is a genus of plants in the milkwort family (Polygalaceae) which is endemic to Brazil. It was first described as a subgenus of Polygala by Robert Chodat in 1891. It was separated into its own genera in 2013. Their flowers are 6 to 10 millimetres long and its pedicels are 2 to 8 millimetres long.
Acanthocladus is a genus in the family Polygalaceae that is native to South America.
Bredemeyera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae.
Cyanocephalus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
