Pinochia corymbosa

Bejuco de San Juan
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Pinochia
Species:	P. corymbosa
Binomial name
Pinochia corymbosa (Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen [2]
Subspecies
See text.
Synonyms [2]
Echites corymbosusJacq. Forsteronia corymbosa(Jacq.) G.Mey. Parsonsia corymbosa(Jacq.) R.Br. ex Steud. Thyrsanthus corymbosus(Jacq.) Miers

Pinochia corymbosa, commonly known as Bejuco de San Juan, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Greater Antilles (Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico). ^[2] It was first described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1760 as Echites corymbosus. ^[3]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized: ^[2]

• Pinochia corymbosa subsp. corymbosa – Cuba and Hispaniola
• Pinochia corymbosa subsp. portoricensis(Woodson) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen – Puerto Rico

Pinochia corymbosa subsp. portoricensis, synonym Forsteronia portoricensis, ^[4] is endemic to Puerto Rico, and typically grows in moist regions of woods, thickets, or forests. It can reach a maximum length of 7 m (23 ft), and produces a large quantity of red flowers. ^[5]

References

1. Timyan, J. (2023). "Pinochia corymbosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023 e.T213566999A213978997. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T213566999A213978997.en . Retrieved 2024-12-27.
2. "Pinochia corymbosa (Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2023-06-20.
3. "Pinochia corymbosa (Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen". The International Plant Names Index . Retrieved 2023-06-20.
4. "Forsteronia portoricensis Woodson", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2023-06-20
5. Liogier, Alain H. & Liogier, Henri Alain (1995), "Forsteronia portoricensis", Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: Spermatophyta - Dicotyledoneae. Melastomataceae to Lentibulariaceae, La Editorial, p. 209, ISBN   978-0-8477-2337-9 , retrieved 2023-06-20