Schlegelia

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Schlegelia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Schlegeliaceae
Genus:Schlegelia
Miq.

Schlegelia is a group of plants described as a genus in 1844. [1] [2]

Schlegelia is native to tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere from southern Mexico and the West Indies to southern Brazil. [3]

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Species [3]
  1. Schlegelia aurea - Brazil (Amazonas)
  2. Schlegelia axillaris - Jamaica, Lesser Antilles
  3. Schlegelia brachyantha - Greater Antilles, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Panama
  4. Schlegelia cauliflora - Loreto
  5. Schlegelia chocoensis - Colombia, Ecuador
  6. Schlegelia darienensis - Colombia, Ecuador
  7. Schlegelia dressleri - Panama, Ecuador
  8. Schlegelia fastigiata - Colombia, Ecuador, Central America
  9. Schlegelia fuscata - Colombia, Ecuador, Central America, French Guiana
  10. Schlegelia hirsuta - Colombia
  11. Schlegelia macrocarpa - Guatemala
  12. Schlegelia macrophylla - French Guiana, Peru
  13. Schlegelia monachinoi - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
  14. Schlegelia nicaraguensis - Central America, Veracruz
  15. Schlegelia pandurata - Colombia, Ecuador
  16. Schlegelia paraensis - French Guiana, Suriname, Pará
  17. Schlegelia parasitica - Jamaica
  18. Schlegelia parviflora - from Belize to S Brazil
  19. Schlegelia roseiflora - French Guiana, Peru
  20. Schlegelia scandens - northern South America
  21. Schlegelia spruceana - Guyana, Venezuela, N Brazil
  22. Schlegelia sulphurea - Colombia, Ecuador
  23. Schlegelia violacea - northern South America

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  2. Cornutia coerulea(Jacq.) Moldenke - Jamaica
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  4. Cornutia obovataUrb. - Puerto Rico
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  1. Odontadenia anomala(Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.) J.F.Macbr. - Peru, Bolivia
  2. Odontadenia campanulataJ.F.Morales - Colombia
  3. Odontadenia funigeraWoodson - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
  4. Odontadenia geminata(Hoffmanns. ex Roem. & Schult.) Müll.Arg. - 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, N Brazil
  5. Odontadenia glaucaWoodson - Amazonas State in S Venezuela
  6. Odontadenia gracilipes(Stadelm.) Woodson - Minas Gerais
  7. Odontadenia hypoglauca(Stadelm.) Müll.Arg. - Bolivia, Brazil
  8. Odontadenia killipiiWoodson - French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil
  9. Odontadenia kochiiPilg. - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil
  10. Odontadenia laxiflora(Rusby) Woodson - Peru, Bolivia, N Brazil
  11. Odontadenia lutea(Vell.) Markgr. - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
  12. Odontadenia macrantha(Roem. & Schult.) Markgr. - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Central America, Trinidad & Tobago, 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
  13. Odontadenia markgrafianaJ.F.Morales - French Guiana, N Brazil
  14. Odontadenia matogrossanaJ.F.Morales - Goiás, Mato Grosso
  15. Odontadenia nitida(Vahl) Müll.Arg. - Trinidad & Tobago, 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia
  16. Odontadenia perrottetii(A.DC.) Woodson - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Guyana, French Guiana
  17. Odontadenia polyneura(Urb.) Woodson - Hispaniola
  18. Odontadenia puncticulosa(Rich.) Pulle - Central America, 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia
  19. Odontadenia stemmadeniifoliaWoodson - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
  20. Odontadenia verrucosa(Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) K.Schum. ex Markgr. - 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua
  1. Odontadenia cuspidataRusby = Mandevilla cuspidata(Rusby) Woodson
  2. Odontadenia duckeiMarkgr. = Mandevilla pohliana(Stadelm.) A.H.Gentry
  3. Odontadenia glandulosa(Ruiz & Pav.) K.Schum. = Mandevilla glandulosa(Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
  4. Odontadenia macrocalyx(Müll.Arg.) Miers = Tabernaemontana macrocalyxMüll.Arg.

References

  1. ↑ Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1844. Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 2(46): 785-789 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Schlegelia Miq.
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Famiiles
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