Luehea

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Grewioideae
Tribus: Grewieae
Genus: Luehea
Species: L. burretii – L. candicans – L. candida – L. conwentzii – L. crispa – L. cymulosa – L. divaricata – L. fiebrigii – L. grandiflora – L. herzogiana – L. microcarpa – L. ochrophylla – L. paniculata – L. rufescens – L. seemannii – L. speciosa – L. splendens – L. steinbachii – L. tomentella

Nothospecies: L. × marnierorum
Name

Luehea Willd., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 3: 410. (1801) nom. cons.

Typus: L. speciosa
Willd. (1801)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Alegria Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
Brotera Vell.
Luhea DC.

References

Willdenow, C.L.v. 1801. Neue Schriften, Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 3: 410.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Luehea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 26. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Luehea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Luehea. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 26 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Luehea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 26.

Luehea is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae.[1]

Its native range stretches from Mexico to southern tropical America and Cuba. It is native to the countries of; Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.[1] It has been introduced into; Bangladesh, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.[1]

The genus name of Luehea is in honour of Carl Emil von der Luehe or Lühe (1751–1801), a German botanist and chamberlain of Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark; later a chamberlain in Vienna, Austria.[2] It was first described and published by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Vol.3 on page 410 in 1801.[1]

Known species

Luehea burretii M.C.S.Cunha
Luehea candicans Mart.
Luehea candida (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Mart.
Luehea conwentzii K.Schum.
Luehea crispa Krapov.
Luehea cymulosa Spruce ex Benth.
Luehea divaricata Mart.
Luehea fiebrigii Burret
Luehea grandiflora Mart.
Luehea herzogiana R.E.Fr.
Luehea × marnierorum Demoly
Luehea microcarpa R.E.Fr.
Luehea ochrophylla Mart.
Luehea paniculata Mart.
Luehea seemannii Triana & Planch.
Luehea speciosa Willd.
Luehea splendens Rusby
Luehea steinbachii Burret
Luehea tomentella Rusby

The type species is Luehea speciosa.

According to the IUCN Red List of plants; Luehea candicans, Luehea candida, Luehea speciosa, Luehea cymulosa, Luehea divaricata, Luehea paniculata, Luehea ochrophylla and Luehea seemannii are all listed as Least concern plants.[3]

References

"Luehea Willd. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
"Species of Luehea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 17 September 2021.