Aspidosperma

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Aspidospermateae
Genus: Aspidosperma
Species: A. album – A. araracanga – A. auriculatum – A. australe – A. camporum – A. capitatum – A. carapanauba – A. cuspa – A. cylindrocarpon – A. darienense – A. decussatum – A. desmanthum – A. discolor – A. dispermum – A. eburneum – A. ellipsocarpum – A. eteanum – A. excelsum – A. fendleri – A. formosanum – A. gehrtii – A. gilbertii – A. glaucum – A. helstonei – A. heringeri – A. illustre – A. inundatum – A. leucocymosum – A. limae – A. macrocarpon – A. macrophyllum – A. megalocarpon – A. megaphyllum – A. multiflorum – A. myristicifolium – A. nanum – A. neblinae – A. nemorale – A. nigricans – A. nobile – A. oblongum – A. obscurinervium – A. olivaceum – A. pachypterum – A. parvifolium – A. pichonianum – A. polyneuron – A. pyricollum – A. pyrifolium – A. quebracho-blanco – A. quirandy – A. ramiflorum – A. reductum – A. resonans – A. riedelii – A. rigidum – A. salgadense – A. sandwithianum – A. schultesii – A. spruceanum – A. steyermarkii – A. subincanum – A. thomasii – A. tomentosum – A. triternatum – A. ulei – A. williamii
Name

Aspidosperma Mart. & Zucc., Flora 7(1, Beil. 4): 135. (1824) nom. cons. et Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 57 (1824)

Type species: Aspidosperma tomentosum Mart. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 1(3): 58, t. 34. (1824) typ. cons.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Conoria Juss., Gen. Pl.: 287 (1789)
Coutinia Vell., Quinogr. Port.: 166 (1799)
Macaglia Rich. ex Vahl, Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk. 6: 107 (1810), nom. rej.
Peltospermum DC., Biblioth. Universelle Genève, n.s., 17: 133 (1838)
Thyroma Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer.: 22 (1878)
Paralyxia Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 758 (1888)
Cufodontia Woodson, Arch. Bot. Sist. 10: 38 (1934)

References

Martius, C.F.P. von & Zuccarini, J.G. 1824. Flora 7 (1, Beil. 4): 135.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Aspidosperma in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Aspidosperma. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 18 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Aspidosperma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 18.

Aspidosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, and the West Indies.[1][2]

Species[1]

Aspidosperma album - Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
Aspidosperma araracanga - Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, NW Brazil
Aspidosperma auriculatum - Pará
Aspidosperma australe - Brazil, NE Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia
Aspidosperma camporum - S Brazil
Aspidosperma capitatum - Colombia, Peru
Aspidosperma carapanauba - Brazil, Peru, French Guiana
Aspidosperma cuspa - Panama, Hispaniola, south to Paraguay
Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon - Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, Bolivia
Aspidosperma darienense - Panama, N South America
Aspidosperma decussatum - Bolívar in Venezuela
Aspidosperma desmanthum - from Chiapas to Brazil
Aspidosperma discolor - Brazil
Aspidosperma dispermum - Serra do Espinhaço in Brazil
Aspidosperma eburneum - Brazil
Aspidosperma eteanum - NW Brazil
Aspidosperma excelsum - from Costa Rica to NW Brazil
Aspidosperma fendleri - Venezuela, Guyana
Aspidosperma formosanum - Goiás
Aspidosperma gehrtii - São Paulo
Aspidosperma glaucum - Amazonas in Venezuela
Aspidosperma helstonei - Suriname, French Guiana
Aspidosperma illustre - E Brazil
Aspidosperma inundatum - Amazonas + Pará in Brazil
Aspidosperma leucocymosum - Amazonas in Venezuela, Amazonas in Brazil
Aspidosperma limae - Pernambuco
Aspidosperma macrocarpon - Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Brazil
Aspidosperma macrophyllum - Guyana, French Guiana
Aspidosperma megalocarpon - from Veracruz to N Brazil
Aspidosperma megaphyllum - Acre, NE Peru
Aspidosperma multiflorum - Brazil, Bolivia
Aspidosperma myristicifolia - Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Acre
Aspidosperma nanum - Mato Grosso
Aspidosperma neblinae - Amazonas in Venezuela
Aspidosperma nemorale - S Brazil
Aspidosperma nigricans - Paraíba
Aspidosperma nobile - Brazil, Bolivia
Aspidosperma oblongum - Venezuela, Guianas
Aspidosperma obscurinervium - Amazonas in Brazil
Aspidosperma olivaceum - S Brazil
Aspidosperma pachypterum - Amazonas in Venezuela
Aspidosperma parvifolium - Brazil
Aspidosperma pichonianum - Bolívar in Venezuela
Aspidosperma polyneuron - from Colombia to Paraguay
Aspidosperma pyricollum Brazil
Aspidosperma pyrifolium - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay
Aspidosperma ramiflorum - Brazil, Bolivia
Aspidosperma reductum - Paraguay
Aspidosperma resonans - Bolivia
Aspidosperma riedelii - Brazil, Paraguay
Aspidosperma rigidum - from Costa Rica to NW Brazil
Aspidosperma salgadense - Pará
Aspidosperma sandwithianum Markgr. - Guianas
Aspidosperma schultesii - Venezuela, Peru, NW Brazil
Aspidosperma spruceanum - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Guianas
Aspidosperma steyermarkii - Bolívar in Venezuela
Aspidosperma subincanum - Brazil, Bolivia
Aspidosperma thomasii - Bahia
Aspidosperma tomentosum - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
Aspidosperma triternatum - Paraguay, N. Argentina
Aspidosperma ulei - Brazil, Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia
Aspidosperma vargasii - Brazil, Guianas, Venezuela (incl Antilles), Colombia
Aspidosperma williamii - Amazonas in Brazil

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Flora Brasiliensis: Aspidosperma (in Portuguese)