Symphoricarpos microphyllus

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Symphoricarpos microphyllus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Symphoricarpos
Species:S. microphyllus
Binomial name
Symphoricarpos microphyllus
(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Kunth 1820
Synonyms [1] [2]

Symphoricarpos microphyllus, the pink snowberry, [3] is a North American species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Chihuahua to Chiapas, and found also in Guatemala, Honduras, and the US State of New Mexico. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Caprifoliaceae family of plants

The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species in 42 genera, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Centres of diversity are found in eastern North America and eastern Asia, while they are absent in tropical and southern Africa.

Chihuahua (state) State of Mexico

Chihuahua, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. It is located in Northwestern Mexico and is bordered by the states of Sonora to the west, Sinaloa to the southwest, Durango to the south, and Coahuila to the east. To the north and northeast, it has a long border with the U.S. adjacent to the U.S. states of New Mexico and Texas. Its capital city is Chihuahua City.

Chiapas State of Mexico

Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the 31 states that along with the federal district of Mexico City make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 124 municipalities as of September 2017 and its capital city is Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Other important population centers in Chiapas include Ocosingo, Tapachula, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Comitán and Arriaga. It is the southernmost state in Mexico. It is located in Southeastern Mexico, and it borders the states of Oaxaca to the west, Veracruz to the northwest and Tabasco to the north, and by the Petén, Quiché, Huehuetenango and San Marcos departments of Guatemala to the east and southeast. Chiapas has a coastline along the Pacific Ocean to the south.

Symphoricarpos microphyllusis an erect branching shrub sometimes as much as 3 meters (10 feet) tall, making it the tallest species in the genus. Leaves are up to 25 mm (1 inch) long, dark green on the upper surface but lighter green underneath. It has pink, bell-shaped flowers and white or pale pink fruits. [4]

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  4. Diastatea micrantha(Kunth) McVaugh - widespread from central Mexico to the Jujuy region of northern Argentina
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Tripogandra is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from central Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina.

  1. Tripogandra amplexansHandlos - central + southern Mexico
  2. Tripogandra amplexicaulis(Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke) Woodson - central + southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
  3. Tripogandra angustifolia(B.L.Rob.) Woodson - Mexico, Guatemala
  4. Tripogandra brasiliensisHandlos - eastern Brazil
  5. Tripogandra disgrega(Kunth) Woodson - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
  6. Tripogandra diuretica(Mart.) Handlos - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay. Uruguay
  7. Tripogandra elataD.R.Hunt - Goiás, Brasília
  8. Tripogandra encolea(Diels) J.F.Macbr. - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
  9. Tripogandra glandulosa(Seub.) Rohweder - Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay. Uruguay
  10. Tripogandra guerrerensisMatuda - Guerrero
  11. Tripogandra ionantha(Diels) J.F.Macbr. - Peru
  12. Tripogandra kruseanaMatuda - Guerrero
  13. Tripogandra montanaHandlos - southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
  14. Tripogandra multiflora(Sw.) Raf. - from southern Mexico south to Argentina, plus Jamaica + Trinidad; naturalized in Azores
  15. Tripogandra neglectaHandlos - Minas Gerais
  16. Tripogandra palmeri(Rose) Woodson - western Mexico from Sinaloa south to Guerrero
  17. Tripogandra purpurascens(S.Schauer) Handlos - from northern Mexico south to Argentina
  18. Tripogandra saxicola(Greenm.) Woodson - Morelos, Puebla, Guerrero
  19. Tripogandra serrulata(Vahl) Handlos - central + southern Mexico, Central America, West Indies, northern South America
  20. Tripogandra silvaticaHandlos - Veracruz
  21. Tripogandra warmingiana(Seub.) Handlos - Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro
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Symphoricarpos guatemalensis is a Central American species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family. It has been found only in Guatemala.

Symphoricarpos parishii, or Parish's snowberry, is a North American species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family. It had been found in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Baja California.

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Symphoricarpos microphyllus Kunth
  2. ↑ The Plant List, Symphoricarpos microphyllus (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Kunth
  3. ↑ "Symphoricarpos microphyllus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA . Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 Jones, George Neville 1940. A monograph of the genus Symphoricarpos. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 21(2): 201-252
  5. ↑ Williams, J. K. 1994. A new species, Symphoricarpos guatemalensis (Caprifoliaceae), from Guatemala with a key to the Mexican and Guatemalan species. Sida 16(2): 273–280
  6. ↑ Nash, D. L. 1976. Caprifoliaceae. In: D. L. Nash (ed.), Flora of Guatemala - Part X, Number 4. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(11/4): 275–296
  7. ↑ Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa


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