Vismia | |
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Vismia baccifera | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Hypericaceae |
Tribe: | Vismieae |
Genus: | Vismia Vand. |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Vismia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae. [1] Members of the genus are small trees and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical areas of Central America and South America. [2] Including the countries of Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago and Venezuela. [1]
Like many members of the Hypericaceae, these plants contain xanthonoids.
The genus name of Vismia is in honour of Gérard de Visme (c. 1725 – c. 1797), a French and English merchant in Lisbon, Portugal. [3] It was first described and published in Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec. on page 51 in 1788. [1]
Plants of the World Online accepts 48 species; [1]
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