Ludovia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Pandanales

Familia: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Ludovia
Species: L. bierhorstii – L. crenifolia – L. integrifolia – L. lancifolia
Name

Ludovia Brongn., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 15: 361 (1861), nom. cons.

Type species: Ludovia lancifolia Brongn., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 15: 362 (1861)

References

Brongniart, A.T. 1861. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, série 4 15: 361–362.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Ludovia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Ludovia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Ludovia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 26 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Ludovia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Nov. 2014.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ludovia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Ludovia is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1861. All the known species are native to Central and South America.[1][2][3]

Species[1]

Ludovia bierhorstii Wilder - Colombia, Ecuador
Ludovia integrifolia (Woodson) Harling - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Ludovia lancifolia Brongn. - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, the Guianas, NW Brazil

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii