Alonsoa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Scrophulariaceae
Tribus: Hemimerideae
Genus: Alonsoa
Species: A. acutifolia – A. albiflora – A. auriculata – A. caulialata – A. hirsuta – A. honoraria – A. linearifolia – A. linearis – A. meridionalis – A. minor – A. pallida – A. peduncularis – A. quadrifolia – A. serrata

Name

Alonsoa Ruiz & Pav. Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. 150–151. (1798)
Type species: Alonsoa caulialata Ruiz & Pav. Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. 152. (1798)

References

Ruiz López, H. & Pavón, J.A. (1798) Systema Vegetabilium Florae Peruvianae et Chilensis 150–151.
Dunacn, G. (2014) Plant Portraits, 781. Alonsoa auriculata Scrophulariaceae, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume 31, Issue 1, pages 58–65, April 2014. Available on line [1]. Accessed 2014 May 7.
The Plant List 2013. Alonsoa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2014 March 2.
Tropicos.org 2014. Alonsoa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 March 2014.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Alonsoa. Published online. Accessed: March 2 2014.

Vernacular names
suomi: Naamiokukat

Alonsoa (mask flower) is a genus of 12 species of flowering plants in the family Scrophulariaceae. The genus includes both herbaceous and shrubby species.

The genus is native to Central and western South America, from Mexico south to Peru and Chile. At least two species are native to South Africa.[1] Alonsoas grow to around 30–100 cm tall, and have small, broadly oval, serrated leaves. The red, orange, yellow, white or occasionally blue flowers are borne on a loose terminal raceme.

The alonsoa is named for Zenón de Alonso Acosta, a Spanish official in Bogota.[2][3]
List of species

Alonsoa acutifolia Ruiz & Pav.[4]
Alonsoa albiflora G.Nicholson
Alonsoa auriculata Diels
Alonsoa caulialata Ruiz & Pav.
Alonsoa hirsuta (Spreng.) Steud.
Alonsoa honoraria Grau
Alonsoa linearis (Jacq.) Ruiz & Pav.
Alonsoa meridionalis (L.f.) Kuntze
Alonsoa minor Edwin
Alonsoa pallida Edwin
Alonsoa peduncularis (Kuntze) Wettst.
Alonsoa quadrifolia G.Don
Alonsoa serrata Pennell

References

"A Second Species of the Amphi-Atlantic Genus Alonsoa (Scrophulariaceae) in South Africa". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 76 (4): 1152–1159. 1989. doi:10.2307/2399701. JSTOR 2399701.
H. Ruiz López & J.A. Pavón, Systema Vegetabilium Florae Peruvianae et Chilensis 150–152, 1798
Mark A. Burkholder, Biographical Dictionary of Councilors of the Indies, 1717-1808, 1986, p.. 5-6
Species in Alonsoa