Calceolaria, also called lady's purse, slipper flower and pocketbook flower, or slipperwort, is a genus of plants in the family Calceolariaceae, sometimes classified in Scrophulariaceae by some authors. This genus consists of about 388 species of shrubs, lianas and herbs, and the geographical range extends from Patagonia to central Mexico, with its distribution centre in Andean region. Calceolaria species have usually yellow or orange flowers, which can have red or purple spots. The Calceolaria Herbeohybrida group, also called C. herbeohybrida Voss, is a group of ornamental hybrids known only in cultivation, called florists' slipperwort.
Weinmannia is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae. It contains 90 species, which range from Mexico through Central and South America including the Caribbean, and to the Mascarene Islands in the western Indian Ocean. It is absent from mainland Africa and Australia, but some fossils have been attributed to Weinmannia in Australia.
Lycianthes is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. It contains over 150 species, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in Asia and the Pacific.
Zygia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 60 species of tres and shrubs native to the tropical Americas, from Southern Mexico and Cuba to northern Argentina. Typical habitats are tropical forest and coastal zones, generally below 900 meters elevation with a few species extending up to 2800 meters. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
Coussarea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from southern Mexico to tropical America.
Mesechites is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1860. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.
- Mesechites acuminatus Müll.Arg. - Peru
- Mesechites angustifolius(Poir.) Miers - Hispaniola
- Mesechites citrifolius(Kunth) Woodson - Colombia
- Mesechites mansoanus(A.DC.) Woodson - Paraguay, Brazil
- Mesechites minimus(Britton & P.Wilson) Woodson - Cuba
- Mesechites repens(Jacq.) Miers - Hispaniola, Navassa Island, Jamaica
- Mesechites roseus(A.DC.) Miers - Cuba
- Mesechites trifidus(Jacq.) Müll.Arg. - widespread from Tamaulipas in NE Mexico south to Paraguay + N Argentina
- Mesechites andrieuxii(Müll.Arg.) Miers = Mandevilla convolvulacea(A.DC.) Hemsl.
- Mesechites angustatusMiers = Mandevilla benthamii(A.DC.) K.Schum.
- Mesechites brownei(A.DC.) Miers = Mandevilla torosa(Jacq.) Woodson
- Mesechites dichotomus(Kunth) Miers = Laubertia boissieriA.DC.
- Mesechites guayaquilensisMiers = Mandevilla subsagittata(Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
- Mesechites guianensis(A.DC.) Miers = Mandevilla rugellosa(Rich.) L.Allorge
- Mesechites hastatusMiers = Mandevilla subsagittata(Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
- Mesechites hirtellulusMiers = Mandevilla oaxacana(A.DC.) Hemsl.
- Mesechites hirtellus(Kunth) Miers = Mandevilla subsagittata(Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
- Mesechites jasminiflorus(M.Martens & Galeotti) Miers = Mandevilla subsagittata(Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
- Mesechites lanceolatus(R.Br.) Miers = Parsonsia lanceolataR.Br.
- Mesechites oaxacanus(A.DC.) Miers = Mandevilla oaxacana(A.DC.) Hemsl.
- Mesechites ovalis(Ruiz & Pav. ex Markgr.) Pichon = Allomarkgrafia ovalis(Ruiz & Pav. ex Markgr.) Woodson
- Mesechites plumeriiflorus(Woodson) Pichon = Allomarkgrafia plumeriifloraWoodson
- Mesechites siphiliticus(L.f.) Lemée = Tabernaemontana siphilitica(L.f.) Leeuwenb.
- Mesechites subcarnosus(Benth.) Miers = Mandevilla subcarnosa(Benth.) Woodson
- Mesechites sulphureus(Vell.) Müll.Arg. = Prestonia coalita(Vell.) Woodson
- Mesechites torulosus(L.) Miers =Mandevilla torosa(Jacq.) Woodson
Varronia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, found throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, and in the US states of Texas and Florida. They were resurrected from Cordia in 2007.
