Angostura

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Rutaceae
Subfamilia: Amyridoideae
Genus: Angostura
Species: A. alipes – A. bracteata – A. candolleana – A. engleriana – A. glazioviana – A. granulosa – A. kunorum – A. longiflora – A. martiana – A. ossana – A. quinquefolia – A. simplex – A. tapajozensis – A. taubertiana – A. trifoliata – A. undulata
Name

Angostura Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 188. (1819)

Type species: Angostura trifoliata (Willd.) T.S.Elias, Taxon 19(4): 575. (1970)

Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Bonplandia Willd., Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Hist. (Berlin) 1802: 26 (1804), nom. illeg. hom. vide Bonplandia Cav., Anales Hist. Nat. 2: 131. (1800) (Polemoniaceae).
Heterotypic
Cusparia Humb. ex R.Br.

References

Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1819. Systema vegetabilium: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species 4: 188.
Hassler, M. 2021. Angostura. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb. 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Angostura. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 16 2021.
Kallunki, J.A. & Pirani, J.R. 1998. Synopses of Angostura Roem. & Schult. and Conchocarpus JC Mikan (Rutaceae). Kew Bulletin 53(2): 257-334. JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Angostura. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Feb. 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Angostura in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Angostura is a genus of medicinal plant native to South America. Its bark is sometimes used in bitters.
Species

It includes the following species (this list may be incomplete):

Angostura alipes
Angostura trifoliata

References