Lacistema

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: Lacistemataceae
Genus: Lacistema
Species: L. aggregatum
Name

Lacistema Sw.
References

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lacistema in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Lacistema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lacistemataceae.[2]

Some species are used by the indigenous peoples of Brazil for medicinal purposes.[2]

There are about 11 species:[2]

Lacistema aggregatum Bergius (Rusby)
Lacistema grandiflorum Schnizl. (syn. L. ellipticum)
Lacistema hasslerianum Chodat
Lacistema krukovii Sleumer
Lacistema lucidum Schnizl.
Lacistema macbridei Baehni (syn. L. macbridii)
Lacistema nena Macbride
Lacistema polystachyum Schnizl.
Lacistema pubescens Mart. (syn. L. ellipticum)
Lacistema robustum Schnizl.
Lacistema serrulatum Mart. (syn. L. leptostachys)

References
"Lacistema Sw". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
da Silva, J. M., et al. (2014). HPLC-DAD analysis, antileishmanial, antiproliferative, and antibacterial activities of Lacistema pubescens: An Amazonian medicinal plant. BioMed Research International 545038.ac