Heterosamara

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Polygalaceae
Tribus: Polygaleae
Genus: Heterosamara
Sectiones: H. sect. Heterosamara – H. sect. Villososperma
Name

Heterosamara Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 47. 1891.

Type species: Heterosamara birmanica Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 47. 1891.

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Polygala sect. Pseudosemeiocardium Adema, Blumea 14(2): 256. 1966.
Type species: Polygala furcata Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 76. 1834.
Polygala subg. Pseudosemeiocardium (Adema) Chrtek & Křísa, Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 124: 2. 1977.

Overview of species
Accepted species

H. bennae – H. cabrae – H. cardiocarpa – H. carrissoana – H. caudata – H. engleri – H. furcata – H. galpinii – H. isocarpa – H. malesiana – H. mannii – H. pellucida – H. resinosa – H. saxicola – H. tatarinowii – H. umbonata – H. wattersii
Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to Paiva (1998) and Castro et al. (2008).
Name in synonymy

H. birmanica
References
Primary references

Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Castro, S., Silveira, P., Coutinho, A.P. & Paiva, J. 2008 ["2007"]. Heterosamara sect. Villososperma comb. nov. (Polygalaceae) from eastern Asia. Nordic Journal of Botany 25: 286–293. DOI: 10.1111/j.0107-055X.2007.00155.x PDF Reference page.
Paiva, J.A.R. 1998. Polygalarum africanarum et madagascariensium prodromus atque gerontogaei generis Heterosamara Kuntze, a genere Polygala L. segregati et a nobis denuo recepti, synopsis monographica. Fontqueria 50: I–VI, 1–346. PDF Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Heterosamara. Published online. Accessed: 07 April 2019.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Heterosamara in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 April 07.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Heterosamara.
Hassler, M. 2019. Heterosamara. 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 online. Accessed: 2019 April 07. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2019. Heterosamara. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 April 2019.
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Heterosamara. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 07 April 2019.

Heterosamara is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae.[1]

Its native range is Guinea, Western Central Tropical Africa to Southern Africa.[1]

Species:[1]

Heterosamara bennae (Jacq.-Fél.) Paiva
Heterosamara cabrae (Chodat) Paiva
Heterosamara carrissoana (Exell & Mendonça) Paiva
Heterosamara galpinii (Hook.f.) Paiva
Heterosamara mannii (Oliv.) Paiva

References

"Heterosamara Kuntze | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.