Varronia

Varronia
Varronia bullata botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Cordiaceae
Genus:	Varronia P.Browne [1]
Species
See text
Synonyms [2]
MontjolyaFriesen PiloisiaRaf. TopiarisRaf. UlmarroniaFriesen VarroniopsisFriesen

Varronia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cordiaceae. ^[3] The genus was resurrected from Cordia in 2007. ^[4] Varronia species are found throughout Latin America (except Chile and Patagonia), the Caribbean, and in the US states of Texas and Florida. ^[2]

Species

Currently accepted species include: ^[2]

• Varronia acunae Moldenke
• Varronia acuta (Pittier) Borhidi
• Varronia ambigua (Schltdl. & Cham.) Borhidi
• Varronia andreana (Estrada) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia anisodonta (Urb.) Borhidi
• Varronia areolata (Urb.) Friesen
• Varronia axillaris (I.M.Johnst.) Borhidi
• Varronia badaeva (Urb. & Ekman) Borhidi
• Varronia bahamensis (Urb.) Millsp.
• Varronia baracoensis (Urb.) Borhidi
• Varronia barahonensis (Urb.) Friesen
• Varronia bellonis (Urb.) Britton
• Varronia bombardensis (Urb. & Ekman) Borhidi
• Varronia bonplandii Desv.
• Varronia braceliniae (I.M.Johnst.) Borhidi
• Varronia bridgesii Friesen
• Varronia brittonii Millsp.
• Varronia brownei (Friesen) Borhidi
• Varronia buddleoides (Rusby) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia bullata L.
• Varronia bullulata (Killip ex J.Estrada & García-Barr.) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia calcicola (Urb.) Borhidi
• Varronia calocephala (Cham.) Friesen
• Varronia campestris (Warm.) Borhidi
• Varronia candolleana Borhidi
• Varronia canescens Andersson
• Varronia caput-medusae (Taub.) Friesen
• Varronia chabrensis (Urb. & Ekman) Borhidi
• Varronia cinerascens (A.DC.) Borhidi
• Varronia clarendonensis Britton
• Varronia claviceps (Urb. & Ekman) Borhidi
• Varronia corallicola (Urb.) Borhidi
• Varronia corchorifolia (A.DC.) Borhidi
• Varronia cremersii (Feuillet) Feuillet
• Varronia crenata Ruiz & Pav.
• Varronia curassavica Jacq.
• Varronia cylindrostachya Ruiz & Pav.
• Varronia dardanoi (Taroda) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia dependens (Urb. & Ekman) Borhidi
• Varronia dichotoma Ruiz & Pav.
• Varronia discolor (Cham.) Borhidi
• Varronia duartei (Borhidi & O.Muñiz) Borhidi
• Varronia eggersii (K.Krause) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia erythrococca (Griseb.) Moldenke
• Varronia exarata (Urb.) Borhidi
• Varronia fasciata (Leonard & Alain) Borhidi
• Varronia fasciculata (Urb. & Ekman) Borhidi
• Varronia foliosa (M.Martens & Galeotti) Borhidi
• Varronia gibberosa (Urb. & Ekman) Borhidi
• Varronia glandulosa (Fresen.) Borhidi
• Varronia globosa Jacq. ^[5]
• Varronia gonavensis Borhidi
• Varronia grandiflora Desv.
• Varronia grisebachii (Urb.) Moldenke
• Varronia guanacastensis (Standl.) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia guaranitica (Chodat & Hassl.) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia haitiensis (Urb.) Borhidi
• Varronia harleyi (Taroda) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia holguinensis (Borhidi & O.Muñiz) Borhidi
• Varronia iberica (Urb.) Borhidi
• Varronia inermis (Mill.) Borhidi
• Varronia integrifolia Desv.
• Varronia intricata (C.Wright) Borhidi ex Feuillet
• Varronia jamaicensis (I.M.Johnst.) Borhidi
• Varronia jeremiensis (Urb. & Ekman) Borhidi
• Varronia johnstoniana J.I.M.Melo & D.D.Vieira
• Varronia krauseana (Killip) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia lamprophylla (Urb.) Borhidi
• Varronia lanceolata Desv.
• Varronia lantanifolia J.S.Mill. & J.R.I.Wood
• Varronia lauta (I.M.Johnst.) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia lenis (Alain) Borhidi
• Varronia leptoclada (Urb. & Britton) Millsp.
• Varronia leucocephala (Moric.) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia leucomalla (Taub.) Borhidi
• Varronia leucomalloides (Taroda) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia leucophlyctis (Hook.f.) Andersson
• Varronia lima Desv.
• Varronia limicola (Brandegee) Friesen
• Varronia linnaei (Stearn) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia lippioides (I.M.Johnst.) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia longipedunculata Britton & P.Wilson
• Varronia lucayana Millsp.
• Varronia macrocephala Desv.
• Varronia macrodonta (Killip) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia martinicensis Jacq.
• Varronia mayoi (Taroda) M.Stapf
• Varronia microphylla Desv.
• Varronia moensis Moldenke
• Varronia mollissima (Killip) Borhidi
• Varronia multicapitata (Britton ex Rusby) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia multispicata (Cham.) Borhidi
• Varronia munda (I.M.Johnst.) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia nashii (Urb. & Britton) Borhidi
• Varronia neowediana (A.DC.) Borhidi
• Varronia nesophila (I.M.Johnst.) Borhidi
• Varronia nipensis (Urb. & Ekman) Borhidi
• Varronia nivea (Fresen.) Borhidi
• Varronia oaxacana (A.DC.) Friesen
• Varronia oligodonta (Urb.) Borhidi
• Varronia paucidentata (Fresen.) Friesen
• Varronia pedunculosa (Griseb.) Borhidi
• Varronia perroyana (Urb. & Ekman) Borhidi
• Varronia peruviana (Roem. & Schult.) Borhidi
• Varronia picardae (Urb.) Borhidi
• Varronia podocephala (Torr.) Borhidi ex G.Campos & F.Chiang
• Varronia poliophylla (Fresen.) Borhidi
• Varronia polycephala Lam.
• Varronia polystachya (Kunth) Borhidi
• Varronia portoricensis (Spreng.) Feuillet
• Varronia revoluta (Hook.f.) Andersson
• Varronia roraimae (I.M.Johnst.) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia rosei (Killip) Borhidi
• Varronia rupicola (Urb.) Britton
• Varronia salviifolia (Juss. ex Poir.) Borhidi
• Varronia sangrinaria (Gaviria) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia sauvallei (Urb.) Borhidi
• Varronia schomburgkii (A.DC.) Borhidi
• Varronia scouleri (Hook.f.) Andersson
• Varronia selleana (Urb.) Friesen
• Varronia serrata (L.) Borhidi
• Varronia sessilifolia (Cham.) Borhidi
• Varronia setigera (I.M.Johnst.) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia shaferi Britton
• Varronia spinescens (L.) Borhidi
• Varronia stellata (Greenm.) Borhidi
• Varronia stenostachya (Killip ex Gaviria) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia steyermarkii (Gaviria) J.S.Mill.
• Varronia striata (Fresen.) Borhidi
• Varronia subtruncata (Rusby) Friesen
• Varronia suffruticosa (Borhidi) Borhidi
• Varronia toaensis (Borhidi & O.Muñiz) Borhidi
• Varronia tomentosa Lam.
• Varronia truncata (Fresen.) Borhidi
• Varronia utermarkiana (Borhidi) Borhidi
• Varronia vargasii J.S.Mill.
• Varronia vasqueziana J.S.Mill.
• Varronia wagnerorum (R.A.Howard) Borhidi

References

1. Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 172 (1756)
2. "Varronia P.Browne". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
3. "Varronia P.Browne". World Flora Online . Retrieved 2025-12-20.
4. Miller, James S.; Gottschling, Marc (2007). "Generic Classification in the Cordiaceae (Boraginales): Resurrection of the Genus Varronia P. Br". Taxon. 56 (1): 163–169. doi: 10.2307/25065747 . JSTOR   25065747.
5. "Varronia globosa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 21 July 2021.