Gymnanthes

oysterwood
Gymnanthes lucida in Florida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Gymnanthes
Sw.
Type species
Gymnanthes lucida
Sw.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Gussonia Spreng.
  • Ateramnus P.Browne
  • Sarothrostachys Klotzsch
  • Gymnanthus Endl.
  • Duvigneaudia J.Léonard

Gymnanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788.[3][1] It is found primarily in the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere (from Florida and Mexico south to Argentina), but with some species in central Africa and southwestern Southeast Asia.[2][4][5][6][7]

Members of the genus are commonly known as oysterwood.[8] The genus has 45 species and is pantropical.

Species[2]
  1. Gymnanthes actinostemoides - C + S Mexico
  2. Gymnanthes albicans - Cuba
  3. Gymnanthes belizensis - Belize
  4. Gymnanthes borneensis - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
  5. Gymnanthes boticario - NE Brazil
  6. Gymnanthes discolor - S Brazil, NE Argentina, Paraguay
  7. Gymnanthes dressleri - Panama
  8. Gymnanthes elliptica - Jamaica
  9. Gymnanthes farinosa - Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, Dominica
  10. Gymnanthes gaudichaudii - Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
  11. Gymnanthes glabrata - Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
  12. Gymnanthes glandulosa - Glandular oysterwood - Cuba, Jamaica
  13. Gymnanthes guyanensis - Rupununi
  14. Gymnanthes hypoleuca - Lesser Antilles, S Venezuela, N Brazil
  15. Gymnanthes inopinata - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire
  16. Gymnanthes insolita - Nayarit
  17. Gymnanthes integra - Jamaica
  18. Gymnanthes leonardii-crispi - Zaire, Uganda
  19. Gymnanthes longipes - Mexico
  20. Gymnanthes lucida - S Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America
  21. Gymnanthes nervosa - Bolivia, Paraguay, Rio de Janeiro
  22. Gymnanthes pallens - Cuba, Hispaniola
  23. Gymnanthes recurva - Cuba
  24. Gymnanthes remota - N Sumatra
  25. Gymnanthes riparia - Mexico, Central America
  26. Gymnanthes widgrenii - Minas Gerais
Species[2]

moved to other genera: Actinostemon Ditrysinia Microstachys Sebastiania Stillingia

  1. G. angustifolia - Sebastiania schottiana
  2. G. bahiensis - Sebastiania bahiensis
  3. G. brachyclada - Sebastiania klotzschiana
  4. G. brachypoda - Actinostemon brachypodus
  5. G. brasiliensis - Sebastiania brasiliensis
  6. G. brevifolia - Sebastiania brevifolia
  7. G. concolor - Actinostemon concolor
  8. G. granatensis - Sebastiania granatensis
  9. G. jacobinensis - Sebastiania jacobinensis
  10. G. klotzschiana - Sebastiania klotzschiana
  11. G. ligustrina - Ditrysinia fruticosa
  12. G. macrocarpa - Sebastiania macrocarpa
  13. G. marginata - Sebastiania klotzschiana
  14. G. pavoniana - Sebastiania pavoniana
  15. G. pringlei - Sebastiania pavoniana
  16. G. pteroclada - Sebastiania pteroclada
  17. G. rigida - Sebastiania rigida
  18. G. schomburgkii - Actinostemon schomburgkii
  19. G. schottiana - Sebastiania schottiana
  20. G. serrata - Sebastiania serrata
  21. G. stipulacea - Microstachys stipulacea
  22. G. treculiana - Stillingia treculiana
  23. G. trinervia - Sebastiania trinervia
  24. G. ypanemensis - Sebastiania ypanemensis
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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tropicos, Gymnanthes Sw.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Famlies
  3. ↑ Swartz, Olof. 1788. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus 6, 95–96
  4. ↑ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ↑ Martínez Gordillo, M., J. J. Ramírez, R. C. Durán, E. J. Arriaga, R. García, A. Cervantes & R. M. Hernández. 2002. Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica 73(2): 155–281.
  6. ↑ 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
  7. ↑ Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75(3): 1087–1144
  8. ↑ Miroslav M. Grandtner, ed. (2005). "Gymnanthes Sw.". Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees. Volume 1: North America. Elsevier. pp. 403–404. ISBN 978-0-444-51784-5.