Froesia

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: Quiinoideae
Genus: Froesia
Name

Froesia Pires in G.A.Black & Pires, Bol. Técn. Inst. Agron. N. 15: 22(–25), t. 1948.

Type species: Froesia tricarpa Pires, Bol. Técn. Inst. Agron. N. 15: 22. 1948.

Overview of species

F. crassiflora – F. diffusa – F. gereauana – F. tricarpa – F. venezuelensis
Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to Schneider & Zizka (1998).
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana, Venezuela.
Western South America
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil North.

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

Black, G.A. & Pires, J.M. 1948. Dois géneros novos, Curupira e Froesia, cinco espécies novas, uma nova combinação, chaves e observações sôbre plantas da região amazônica. Boletim Técnico do Instituto Agronômico do Norte 15: 1–32. PDF Reference page.

Additional references

Gereau, R.E. & Vásquez, R. 1994. Una nueva Froesia (Quiinaceae) de la Amazonía Occidental. Novon 4: 246–249. BHL JSTOR Reference page.
Schneider, J. & Zizka, G. 1998 ["1997"]. Two new species of Quiinaceae (Quiina, Froesia) from the Venezuelan Guayana and some remarks on the genus Froesia Pires. Novon 7: 406–412. BHL JSTOR Reference page.
Schneider, J.V. & Zizka, G. 2004. Quiinaceae. Pp. 393–407 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 8, Poaceae–Rubiaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 1-930723-36-9. Reference page.
Schneider, J.V. & Zizka, G. 2007. Quiinaceae. 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: 475. BHL Reference page.
Steyermark, J.A. & Bunting, G.S. 1975. Revision of the Genus Froesia (Quiinaceae). Brittonia 27: 172–178. DOI: 10.2307/2805478 JSTOR. Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Froesia. Published online. Accessed: 28 January 2019.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Froesia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 January 28.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Froesia.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Froesia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-01-28.
Hassler, M. 2019. Froesia. 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 28. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Froesia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 28 January 2019.
Froesia 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: 28 January 2019.
Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Froesia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 28 January 2019.
Froesia in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 28 January 2019.

Froesia is a genus of plants in family Ochnaceae. Some authors have placed it in the Quiinaceae. It is known from Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela.[1][2]

The following species are accepted by The Plant List:[3]

Froesia crassiflora Pires & Fróes
Froesia diffusa Gereau & R.Vásquez
Froesia gereauana J.V.Schneid. & Zizka
Froesia tricarpa Pires
Froesia venezuelensis Steyerm. & Bunting

References

Schneider, Julio V., & Georg Zizka. 1997. Two new species in the Quiinaceae (Quiina, Froesia) from the Venezuelan Guyana and some remarks on genus Froesia Pires. Novon 7:406-412.
Steyermark, JA, & GS Bunting. 1975. Revision of the genus Froesia (Quiinaceae). Brittonia 27:172-178.
The Plant List