Euphronia

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: Euphroniaceae
Genus: Euphronia
Species: E. acuminatissima – E. guianensis – E. hirtelloides
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Euphronia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jul 17. Reference page.

Name

Euphronia Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 121 (1826).

Type species: Euphronia hirtelloides Mart.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Lightia M.R.Schomb., Linnaea 20: 757 (1847), nom. illeg.
Lightiodendron Rauschert, Taxon 31: 562 (1982).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: S. Trop. America

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

Martius, C.F.P. de 1826. Nova genera et species plantarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII–MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. C. F. P. de Martius ..., vol. 2. Pp. 1–148, tt. 101–200. Typis C. Wolf, Monachii [Munich]. BHL Reference page. : 1: 121.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Euphronia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jul 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Euphronia. Published online. Accessed: Jul 17 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Euphronia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jul 17. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Euphronia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jul 17.

Vernacular names
中文: 银鹃木科

Euphronia is a genus of three species[1] of shrubs native to northern South America and is the only genus in the family Euphroniaceae. It was previously classified in the Vochysiaceae family and elsewhere due to its unique floral features, but the APG III system of 2009 recognized Euphroniaceae as distinct and placed Euphronia in it.[2] Based on molecular data from the rbcL gene, it is sister to the Chrysobalanaceae.[3]
Classification

The genus was originally described by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini in 1824 when they described Euphronia hirtelloides as a new species.[4][5] In 1918, the German botanist Johannes Gottfried Hallier reclassified what was then known as Lightia guianensis as a species in this genus: Euphronia guianensis.[6] And in 1987, the American botanist Julian Alfred Steyermark described the third species, Euphronia acuminatissima. It was proposed in 1989 that the family Euphroniaceae be erected to contain the genus because it was sufficiently different from other related genera. An analysis of the molecular phylogenetics of these related genera and families in 1998 supported the decision to retain the genus within a monotypic family.[3]
References

Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. Magnolia Press. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x
Litt, Amy; Chase, Mark W. (October 1998). "The Systematic Position of Euphronia, with Comments on the Position of Balanops: An Analysis Based on rbcL Sequence Data". Systematic Botany. 23 (4): 401. doi:10.2307/2419372. ISSN 0363-6445. JSTOR 2419372.
International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://www.ipni.org/n/724861-1. Retrieved 23 February 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://www.ipni.org/n/33793-1. Retrieved 23 February 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://www.ipni.org/n/724860-1. Retrieved 23 February 2011