Hoffmannia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Hamelieae
Genus: Hoffmannia
Species: H. aggregata – H. altipetens – H. amplexifolia – H. apodantha – H. arborescens – H. areolata – H. aroensis – H. arqueonervosa – H. asclepiadea – H. asperula – H. australis – H. barbillana – H. bernardii – H. boliviana – H. bullata – H. caripensis – H. cauliflora – H. cercidifolia – H. congesta – H. conzattii – H. coriacea – H. coronata – H. costaricensis – H. cryptoneura – H. cuneatissima – H. davidsoniae – H. dichroantha – H. discolor – H. dotae – H. duckei – H. dwyeri – H. ecuatoriana – H. excelsa – H. formicaria – H. fortunensis – H. gentryi – H. gesnerioides – H. ghiesbreghtii – H. glabra – H. guerrerensis – H. hammelii – H. hidalgensis – H. hondurensis – H. huehueteca – H. inamoena – H. ixtlanensis – H. josefina – H. killipii – H. kirkbridei – H. larensis – H. latifolia – H. laxa – H. liesneriana – H. limonensis – H. lindenii – H. longepetiolata – H. macrosiphon – H. manussatani – H. mathewsii – H. micrantha – H. minuticarpa – H. modesta – H. morii – H. nesiota – H. nicotianifolia – H. oaxacensis – H. obovata – H. orizabensis – H. pacifica – H. pallida – H. parvifolia – H. pauciflora – H. pearcei – H. peckii – H. pedunculata – H. phoenicopoda – H. piratarum – H. pittieri – H. pseudovesiculifera – H. psychotriifolia – H. pustulata – H. racemifera – H. regalis – H. rhizantha – H. rivalis – H. robusta – H. rotata – H. rzedowskiana – H. sessilifolia – H. sessilis – H. silviarum – H. sprucei – H. stenocarpa – H. stephaniae – H. steyermarkii – H. strigillosa – H. subauriculata – H. subcapitata – H. terepaimensis – H. tetrastigma – H. tilaranensis – H. triosteoides – H. tubiflora – H. tuerckheimii – H. turrialbana – H. valerii – H. veraguensis – H. verticillata – H. vesiculifera – H. villosula – H. viridis – H. williamsii – H. wilsonii
Name

Hoffmannia Sw., Prodr. 30. (1788)

Type species: Hoffmannia pedunculata Sw. (1788)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Ohigginsia Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. 1: 55. (1798)
Higginsia Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 133. (1805), nom. superfl. non Higginsia Higgin, (1877) (Stelligeridae)
Evosmia Bonpl. in F.W.H.A.von Humboldt & A.J.A.Bonpland, Pl. Aequinoct. 2: 165. (1818)
Campylobotrys Lem., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 3: t. 260. (1847)
Ophryococcus Oerst., Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1852: 52. (1852)
Xerococcus Oerst., Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1852: 52. (1852)
Koehneago Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 287. (1891)

Homonyms

Hoffmannia Loefl. Iter Hispan. 194. (1758) nom. inval.
Hoffmannia Willd. Bot. Mag. (Rohmer & Usteri) 2(6): 15, 17. (1789) nom. illeg. hom. vide Psilotum Sw. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 8, 109. (1801) (Psilotaceae)
Hofmania Chodat, 1900, nom. illeg. (Scenedesmaceae, Chlorophyta)

References

Swartz, O.P. 1788. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus 30.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Hoffmannia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Hoffmannia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 11 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Hoffmannia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Mar. 2019.
Tropicos.org: Rubiaceae: Hoffmannia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 11.

Hoffmannia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are distributed in Mexico, Central America, and South America.[2]

There are about 100 species.[3]

Species include:

Hoffmannia congesta – Costa Rica
Hoffmannia discolor
Hoffmannia ecuatoriana Standl. – endemic to Ecuador
Hoffmannia excelsa (Kunth) K. Schum
Hoffmannia ghiesbreghtii – Guatemala, southern Mexico
Hoffmannia modesta Diels – endemic to Ecuador.
Hoffmannia refulgens
Hoffmannia regalis Hook.
Hoffmannia roezlii

References
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Taylor, C. M., & Gereau, R. E. (2011). Rubiacearum americanarum magna hama pars XXVI: new species of Hoffmannia (Hamelieae) and more comments on the genus. Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature, 21(1), 94-117.
Castillo-Campos, G., et al. (2013). Hoffmannia arqueonervosa (Rubiaceae), una especie nueva del centro de Veracruz, México. Revista mexicana de biodiversidad 84(3), 751-755.