Schmidtottia

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Schmidtottia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Chiococceae
Genus: Schmidtottia
Urb. [1]
Species

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Synonyms [2]

CeuthocarpusAiello

Schmidtottia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to eastern Cuba. [2] Adapted to serpentine soils, they are nickel hyperaccumulators. [3]

Species

Currently accepted species include: [2]

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  1. Lasiocroton bahamensisPax & K.Hoffm. - Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti
  2. Lasiocroton fawcettiiUrb. - Jamaica
  3. Lasiocroton gracilisBritton & P.Wilson - SE Cuba
  4. Lasiocroton gutierreziiJestrow - Cuba
  5. Lasiocroton harrisiiBritton - Jamaica
  6. Lasiocroton macrophyllus(Sw.) Griseb. - Jamaica
  7. Lasiocroton microphyllus(A.Rich.) Jestrow - Cuba
  1. moved to other genera (Bernardia Croton Leucocroton)
  2. Lasiocroton cordifoliusBritton & P.Wilson - Leucocroton cordifolius (Britton & P.Wilson) Alain
  3. Lasiocroton prunifoliusGriseb. - Croton punctatusJacq.
  4. Lasiocroton subpeltatusUrb. - Leucocroton subpeltatus(Urb.) Alain
  5. Lasiocroton trelawniensisC.D.Adams - Bernardia trelawniensis(C.D.Adams) Jestrow & Proctor
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  1. Chaetocarpus acutifolius(Britton & P.Wilson) Borhidi - Sierra de Moa in Cuba
  2. Chaetocarpus africanusPax - C Africa
  3. Chaetocarpus castanocarpus(Roxb.) Thwaites - SE Asia, Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
  4. Chaetocarpus cordifolius(Urb.) Borhidi - Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
  5. Chaetocarpus coriaceusThwaites - Sri Lanka
  6. Chaetocarpus cubensisFawc. & Rendle - Cuba
  7. Chaetocarpus echinocarpus (Baill.) Ducke - Bolivia, Brazil
  8. Chaetocarpus ferrugineusPhilcox - Sri Lanka
  9. Chaetocarpus gabonensisBreteler - Gabon
  10. Chaetocarpus globosus(Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle - Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Rep.
  11. Chaetocarpus myrsinitesBaill. - Bolivia, Brazil
  12. Chaetocarpus parvifoliusBorhidi - Cuba
  13. Chaetocarpus pearceiRusby - Bolivia
  14. Chaetocarpus pubescens(Thwaites) Hook.f. - Sri Lanka
  15. Chaetocarpus rabarabaCapuron - Madagascar
  16. Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus(Kuntze) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Colombia, Venezuela, 3 Guianas, NW Brazil
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  1. Neobracea acunanaLippold - E Cuba
  2. Neobracea angustifoliaBritton - W Cuba
  3. Neobracea bahamensis(Britton) Britton - Bahamas, Cuba
  4. Neobracea ekmaniiUrb. - E Cuba
  5. Neobracea howardiiWoodson - EC Cuba
  6. Neobracea martianaBorhidi & O.Muñiz - E Cuba
  7. Neobracea susanninaBorhidi - E Cuba
  8. Neobracea valenzuelana(A.Rich.) Urb. - Cuba
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References

  1. Symb. Antill. 9: 137 (1923)
  2. 1 2 3 "Schmidtottia Urb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. Reeves, R.D.; Baker, A.J.M.; Borhidi, A.; Berazaín, R. (1999). "Nickel Hyperaccumulation in the Serpentine Flora of Cuba". Annals of Botany. 83: 29–38. doi: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0786 .