Luxemburgia

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: Ochnaceae
Subfamilia: Ochnoideae
Tribus: Luxemburgieae
Genus: Luxemburgia
Name

Luxemburgia A.St.-Hil., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 352. 1822 [1823].

Type species: Luxemburgia octandra A.St.-Hil., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 352. 1822 [1823]. – Lectotype designated by Van Tieghem (1904), p. 8.

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Plectanthera Mart. in Mart. & Zucc., Flora 7(1, Beil.): 129(–130). (May–Jun) 1824. – Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1(3): 39, t. 26. (1 Oct) 1824.
Type species: Plectanthera floribunda Mart. in Mart. & Zucc., Flora 7(1, Beil.): 130. 1824. – Lectotype, vide Pfeiffer (1873), p. 752.
Epiblepharis Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 15(12): (390–)392. 1901.
Type species: Epiblepharis gardneri Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 15(12): 392. 1901.
Periblepharis Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 16(9): (289–)290, fig. 1. 1902.
Type species: Periblepharis schwackeana (Taub.) Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 16(9): 291. 1902.
Hilairella Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 19(1): (22–)24. 1904.
Type species: Hilairella polyandra (A.St.-Hil.) Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 19(1): 24. 1904.
Luxemburgia sect. Periblepharis (Tiegh.) Beauverd, Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 7(7–9): (239–)241. 1916.
Luxemburgia sect. Epiblepharis (Tiegh.) Beauverd, Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 7(7–9): (239–)241. 1916.
Luxemburgia sect. Plectanthera (Tiegh.) Beauverd, Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 7(7–9): (239–)241. 1916.
Luxemburgia sect. Hilairella (Tiegh.) Beauverd, Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 7(7–9): (239–)242. 1916.

Overview of species
Accepted species

L. angustifolia – L. bracteata – L. ciliatibracteata – L. ciliosa – L. corymbosa – L. damazioana – L. diciliata – L. flexuosa – L. furnensis – L. glazioviana – L. hatschbachiana – L. leitonii – L. macedoi – L. mogolensis – L. mysteriosa – L. nobilis – L. octandra – L. polyandra – L. schwackeana – L. speciosa
Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to "Flora do Brasil 2020" – see references.
Names in synonymy

Epiblepharis gardneri – E. glazioviana – E. major – Hilairella neglecta – H. polyandra – Luxemburgia circumdata – L. duidae – L. elegans – L. gardneri – L. gaudichaudii – L. longifolia – L. major – L. neglecta – L. senaei – L. taubertiana – L. villosa – Periblepharis schwackeana – Plectanthera ciliosa – P. floribunda
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Brazil
Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central.

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

Beauverd, G. 1916. Le genre Luxemburgia Saint-Hilaire. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de Genève, série 2, 7: 232–250. BHL Reference page.
Martius, C.F.P. von & Zuccarini, J.G. 1824. Ankündigung der Fortsetzung eines Werkes über brasilianische Pflanzen. Flora 7(1, Beil.): 129–142. BHL Reference page.
Martius, C.F.P. de & Zuccarini, J.G. 1823–1826. Nova genera et species plantarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII–MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. C. F. P. de Martius ..., vol. 1. Pp. 1–158, tt. 1–100. Typis Lindaueri, Monachii [Munich]. BHL BHL Reference page.
Saint-Hilaire, A. de. 1823 ["1822"]. Aperçu d'un voyage dans l'intérieur du Brésil, la province cisplatine et les missions dites du Paraguay. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 9: 307–380. BHL Reference page.
Tieghem, P. van. 1901. Epiblépharide, genre nouveau de Luxembourgiacées. Journal de Botanique (Morot) 15: 389–394. BHL Reference page.
Tieghem, P. van. 1902. Périblépharide, genre nouveau de Luxembourgiacées. Journal de Botanique (Morot) 16: 289–291. BHL Reference page.
Tieghem, P. van. 1904. Sur les Luxembourgiacées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 8, 19: 1–96. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Feres, F. 2001. O gênero Luxemburgia A. St.-Hil. (Ochnaceae) – Revisão taxonômica e estudo cladístico. XVI+158 pp. Dissertação de mestrado, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas. Abstract Reference page.
Pfeiffer, L.K.G. 1872–1873 ["1874"]. Nomenclator botanicus. Nominum ad finem anni 1858 publici juris factorum, classes, ordines, tribus, familias, divisiones, genera, subgenera vel sectiones designantium enumeratio alphabetica. Adjectis auctoribus, temporibus, locis systematicis apud varios, notis literariis atque etymologicis et synonymis. Vol. II. Pars prior. Pp. 1–760. Sumptibus Theodori Fischeri, Casselis [Kassel]. BHL Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Luxemburgia. Published online. Accessed: 31 January 2019.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Epiblepharis in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 January 31.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Hilairella in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 January 31.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Luxemburgia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 January 31.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Periblepharis in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 January 31.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Plectanthera in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 January 31.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Luxemburgia.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Luxemburgia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-01-31.
Hassler, M. 2019. Luxemburgia. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 January 31. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Luxemburgia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 31 January 2019.
Luxemburgia in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 31 January 2019.

Luxemburgia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ochnaceae.[1]

It is native to Brazil.[1]

The genus name of Luxemburgia is in honour of Charles Emmanuel Sigismond de Montmorency-Luxembourg (1774–1861), French duke of Piney-Luxembourg and also a botanical patron.[2] It was first described and published in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Vol.9 on page 352 in 1822.[1]
Species

According to Kew:[1]

Luxemburgia angustifolia Planch.
Luxemburgia bracteata Dwyer
Luxemburgia ciliatibracteata Sastre
Luxemburgia ciliosa (Mart.) Gardner
Luxemburgia corymbosa A.St.-Hil.
Luxemburgia damazioana Beauverd
Luxemburgia diciliata Dwyer
Luxemburgia flexuosa Sastre
Luxemburgia furnensis Feres
Luxemburgia glazioviana (Engl.) Beauverd
Luxemburgia hatschbachiana Sastre
Luxemburgia leitonii Feres
Luxemburgia macedoi Dwyer
Luxemburgia mogolensis Feres
Luxemburgia mysteriosa Fraga & Feres
Luxemburgia nobilis Eichler ex Engl.
Luxemburgia octandra A.St.-Hil.
Luxemburgia polyandra A.St.-Hil.
Luxemburgia schwackeana Taub.
Luxemburgia speciosa A.St.-Hil.

References

"Luxemburgia A.St.-Hil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.