Elvasia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Ochnaceae
Subfamilia: Ochnoideae
Tribus: Ochneae
Subtribus: Elvasiinae
Genus: Elvasia
Subgenera: E. subg. Elvasia – E. subg. Hostmannia
Name

Elvasia DC., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 422, t. 20. 1811.

Type species: Elvasia calophyllea DC., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 422. 1811.

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Hostmannia Planch. in Hook., Icon. Pl. 8: [1], t. 709. 1845.
Type species: Hostmannia elvasioides Planch., Icon. Pl. 8: t. 709. 1845.
Gagernia Klotzsch & M.R.Schomb. in M.R.Schomb., Reis. Br.-Guiana 3: 1189. 1848 [1849], nom. nud.
Vaselia Tiegh., Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 8(3): 217. (Apr) 1902. – J. Bot. (Morot) 16(6): (207–)208. (Jun) 1902.
Type species: Vaselia quinqueloba (Spruce ex Engl.) Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 16(6): 208. 1902.
Trichovaselia Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 16(6): (207–)208. (Jun) 1902. – Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 8(5): 380. (Jun) 1902.
Type species: Trichovaselia canescens Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 16(6): 208. 1902.

Overview of species
Accepted species

E. bisepala – E. brevipedicellata – E. calophyllea – E. canescens – E. capixaba – E. elvasioides – E. essequibensis – E. gigantifolia – E. kollmannii – E. macrostipularis – E. oligandra – E. quinqueloba – E. sphaerocarpa – E. tricarpellata
Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to checklists from Mesoamerica, the Guiana Shield, Peru, Bolivia, and Brasil, as well as to Sastre et al. (1999) and Sastre (2003) – see references.
Names in synonymy

Elvasia caurensis – E. hostmannia – E. hostmanniana – E. sagotii – E. schomburgkii – E. sprucei – E. steyermarkii – Gagernia essequiboensis – Hostmannia elvasioides – H. essequibensis – H. sagotii – Trichovaselia canescens – Vaselia quinqueloba
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Peru (?).
Brazil
Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

De Candolle, A.P. 1811. Monographie des Ochnacées et des Simaroubées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 17: 398–425. BHL Reference page.
Planchon, J.E. 1845. Tab. DCCIX. Hostmannia elvasioides, Planch. In Hooker, W.J. (ed.), Icones Plantarum 8 (= n. ser., 4). BHL Reference page.
Tieghem, P. van. 1902. L'embryon des Ochnacées et son emploi dans la définition des genres. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 8: 208–218. BHL Reference page.
Tieghem, P. van. 1902. Constitution nouvelle de la famille des Ochnacées. Journal de Botanique (Morot) 16: 181–212. BHL Reference page.
Tieghem, P. van. 1902. Quelques genres nouveaux d'Ochnacées. Constitution actuelle de la famille. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 8: 371–381. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Dwyer, J.D. 1943. The taxonomy of the monogeneric tribe Elvasieae (Ochnaceae). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 70: 42–49. JSTOR Reference page.
Fraga, C.N. de & Saavedra, M.M. 2006. Three new species of Elvasia (Ochnaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with an emended key for subgenus Hostmannia. Novon 16: 483–489. DOI: 10.3417/1055-3177(2006)16[483:TNSOEO]2.0.CO;2 BHL JSTOR PDF Reference page.
Morales, J.F. 2007. Ochnaceae. Pp. 805–813 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VI, Dicotiledóneas (Haloragaceae–Phytolaccaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-60-3. Reference page.
Sastre, C. 2003. Ochnaceae. Pp. 124–161 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 7, Myrtaceae–Plumbaginaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-930723-13-9. Reference page.
Sastre, C. 2007. Ochnaceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 445–449. BHL Reference page.
Sastre, C., Whitefoord, C. & Knapp, S. 1999. A new species of Elvasia (Ochnaceae) from Mesoamerica with discussion of subgeneric classification and phytogeography. Novon 9: 253–256. BHL JSTOR Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Elvasia. Published online. Accessed: 26 January 2019.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Elvasia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 January 26.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Hostmannia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 January 26.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Trichovaselia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 January 26.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Vaselia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 January 26.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Elvasia.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Elvasia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 26 January 2019.
Hassler, M. 2019. Elvasia. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 January 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Elvasia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 26 January 2019.
Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Elvasia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 26 January 2019.
Elvasia in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 26 January 2019.
Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Elvasia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 26 January 2019.
Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Elvasia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 26 January 2019.
Elvasia in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 26 January 2019.

Elvasia is a Neotropical genus of plant of family Ochnaceae. It is the only genus of tribe Elvasieae.
External links

Elvasia information from NPGS/GRIN