Aparisthmium

Aparisthmium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Alchorneae
Subtribe: Alchorneinae
Genus: Aparisthmium
Endl.
Binomial name
Aparisthmium cordatum
(A.Juss.) Baill.
Synonyms[1]
  • Conceveiba cordata A.Juss.
  • Alchornea cordata (A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.
  • Alchornea macrophylla Mart.
  • Alchornea latifolia Klotzsch
  • Conceveiba macropylla (Mart.) Klotzsch ex Benth.
  • Aparisthmium macrophyllum (Mart.) Baill.
  • Aparisthmium spruceanum Baill.
  • Conceveiba poeppigiana Klotzsch ex Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Alchornea orinocensis Croizat

Aparisthmium is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1840.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Aparisthmium cordatum, native to South America and Costa Rica.[1][4][5][6][7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1840. Genera Plantarum 1112 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos
  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. ↑ De S.Secco, R. (2004). Alchorneae (Euphorbiaceae) (Alchornea, Aparisthmium e Conceveiba). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 93: 1-194.
  6. ↑ Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
  7. ↑ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  8. ↑ Webster, Grady L. 1994. Synopsis of the Generic and Suprageneric Taxa of Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 81(1):33-144. (see Aparisthmium discussion on page 82)
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