Barjonia

Barjonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Barjonia
Decne.

Barjonia is a genus of flowering plants formerly belonging to the plant family Asclepiadaceae, now considered to be part of the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.[1] They are native to South America.[2][3]

Species[4]
  1. Barjonia chlorifolia Decne. - Brazil, Bolivia
  2. Barjonia cymosa E.Fourn. - Brazil
  3. Barjonia erecta (Vell.) K.Schum. - Goiás, Mato Grosso
  4. Barjonia glazioui Marquete - Goiás, Distrito Federal
  5. Barjonia grazielae Marquete - Goiás, Distrito Federal
  6. Barjonia harleyi Fontella & Marquete - Bahia
  7. Barjonia laxa Malme - Brazil, Bolivia
formerly included[4]

transferred to Hemipogon, Minaria

  1. B. acerosa now Hemipogon hemipogonoides
  2. B. ditassoides now Minaria ditassoides
  3. B. parva now Minaria parva

References

  1. ↑ Decaisne, Joseph. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 512 in Latin
  2. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  3. ↑ Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin de las plantas de los cerrados de la Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Plant List, genus Hemipogon