Himatanthus bracteatus

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: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Plumerieae
Subtribus: Plumeriinae
Genus: Himatanthus
Species: Himatanthus bracteatus
Name

Himatanthus bracteatus (A.DC.) Woodson (1938)
Synonyms

Basionym
Plumeria bracteata A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 394 (1844).
Heterotypic
Plumeria ambigua Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 37 (1860).
Plumeria floribunda var. acutifolia Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 40 (1860).
Plumeria floribunda var. calycina Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 40 (1860).
Plumeria floribunda var. crassipes Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 40 (1860).
Plumeria lancifolia Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 41 (1860).
Plumeria lancifolia var. major Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 41 (1860).
Plumeria lancifolia var. microphylla Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 41 (1860).
Plumeria martii Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 37 (1860).
Plumeria speciosa Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 36 (1860).
Himatanthus lancifolius (Müll.Arg.) Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 200 (1938 publ. 1937).
Himatanthus speciosus (Müll.Arg.) Plumel, Compt. Rend. Séances Soc. Biogéogr. 66: 114 (1990).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
NE-Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro), Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Bolivar), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Peru, Ecuador

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

Woodson, R.E (1938): Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 200

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Himatanthus bracteatus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 17. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2018. Himatanthus bracteatus. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Himatanthus bracteatus. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 17 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Himatanthus bracteatus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 17.
Tropicos.org 2018. Himatanthus bracteatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 17.

Vernacular names

Himatanthus bracteatus is a species of the genus Himatanthus (Apocynaceae), native Venezuela, Colombia, the Guianas, Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador.[1] It is a shrub with oblong, obovate and acuminate leaves, white flowers in terminal corymbs and follicles with winged seed.
Names

In Portuguese, it is called janaúba, angélica-da-mata and banana-de-papagaio.

References

"The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved May 21, 2014.