Blepharodon

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: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Metastelmatinae
Genus: Blepharodon
Species: B. amazonicum – B. ampliflorum – B. angustifolium – B. bicolor – B. bicuspidatum – B. colombianum – B. costae – B. crabronum – B. cuatrecasasii – B. glaucescens – B. grandiflorum – B. hatschbachii – B. hirsutum – B. juliani – B. lineare – B. maigualidae – B. manicatum – B. mucronatum – B. perijaense – B. philibertioides – B. pictum – B. polydori – B. reflexum – B. salicinum – B. suberectum – B. tillettii – B. ulei
Name

Blepharodon Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 603. (1844)

Type species: Blepharodon lineare (Decne.) Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 603. (1844)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Ptycholepis Griseb. in W.Lechler, Berberid. Amer. Austral.: 58. (1857)
Anomotassa K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 730. (1898)

References

Decaisne, J. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 603.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Blepharodon in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Blepharodon. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 19 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Blepharodon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Sept. 2017.

Blepharodon is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.[2] They are native primarily to South America, with one species extending into Central America and Mexico.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Species

Blepharodon amazonicum - NW Brazil
Blepharodon ampliflorum - NW Brazil
Blepharodon angustifolium - Paraguay
Blepharodon bicolor - Brazil
Blepharodon bicuspidatum - Brazil
Blepharodon colombianum - Colombia
Blepharodon costae - Bahia
Blepharodon crabronum - Serrania de Santiago de Chiquitos in Bolivia
Blepharodon cuatrecasasii - Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia
Blepharodon glaucescens - Guyana
Blepharodon gomphocarpoides
Blepharodon grandiflorum - Colombia
Blepharodon harlingii - Ecuador
Blepharodon hatschbachii - Ponte de Pedra in Mato Grosso
Blepharodon hirsutum - Rio de Contas in Bahia
Blepharodon juliani - Bolívar State in SE Venezuela
Blepharodon lineare - Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay
Blepharodon maigualidae - Amazonas State in S Venezuela
Blepharodon manicatum - Piauí
Blepharodon mucronatum - from Tamaulipas + Nayarit south to Colombia + Venezuela
Blepharodon perijaense - Sierra de Perijá in Colombia
Blepharodon philibertioides - Cerro San Miserate in Bolivia
Blepharodon pictum - Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname, Fr Guiana
Blepharodon polydori - Colombia
Blepharodon reflexum - Paraguay, Brazil
Blepharodon salicinum - Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia
Blepharodon suberectum - Cauca region in Colombia
Blepharodon tillettii - Guyana
Blepharodon ulei - Guyana, S Venezuela, N Brazil

formerly included

transferred to other genera (Ditassa, Macroditassa, Minaria, Nephradenia)

B. asparagoides now Nephradenia asparagoides
B. ciliatum now Ditassa ciliata
B. laurifolium now Macroditassa laurifolia
B. polygaloides now Minaria polygaloides
B. viscidum now Nephradenia linearis
Blepharodon bolivianum now Vailia mucronata [11]
Blepharodon peruvianum now Vailia mucronata[11]

References

"Blepharodon Decne". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 603 in Latin
Miranda, T., A. F. Fuentes Claros, P. M. Jørgensen & S. G. Beck. 2010. Relaciones fitogeográficas de las sabanas montanas de Apolo en la Región Madidi, con sabanas neotropicales. La Paz, Bolivia. Ecología en Bolivia 45(2): 138–146.
Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326
Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
Ibarra Manríquez, G. & S. Sinaca Colín. 1995. Lista florística comentada de la estación de biología tropical "Los Tuxtlas", Veracruz, Mexico. Revista de Biología Tropical 43(1–3): 75–115.
Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
Steyermark, J. A. 1995. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Project
"Vailia mucronata Rusby". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 January 2022.