Mayaca

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Mayacaceae
Genus: Mayaca
Species: M. baumii – M. fluviatilis – M. kunthii – M. longipes – M. madida – M. sellowiana – M. wrightii
Name

Mayaca Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 42 (1775)
Type species: Mayaca fluviatilis Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 42 (1775)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Biaslia Vand., Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec.: 4 (1788)
Syena Schreb., Gen. Pl.: 39 (1789)
Coletia Vell., Fl. Flumin.: 32 (1829)

References

Aublet, J.B.C.F (1775) Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 1: 42–44, pl. 15.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Mayaca in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2013. Mayaca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Mayaca. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013.

Vernacular names
русский: Майяка

Mayaca is a genus of flowering plants, often placed in its own family, the Mayacaceae (or Mayaceae in earlier systems).[4][5] In the APG II system of 2003, it is assigned to the order Poales in the clade commelinids. The Cronquist system, of 1981, also recognised such a family and placed it in the order Commelinales in the subclass Commelinidae.

The group is widely distributed in Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, as well as in the West Indies, the southeastern United States, and central Africa.[3][6][7][8]
Species

Eighteen or so species names have been proposed,[9] but only 5 are accepted as distinct.[10]

Mayaca baumii Gürke - Congo-Brazzabille, Zaïre, Angola, Zambia
Mayaca fluviatilis Aubl. - southeastern United States from Texas to North Carolina; West Indies (Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad); Latin America from central Mexico to Argentina
Mayaca kunthii Seub. - Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay
Mayaca longipes Mart. ex Seub. - Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, the Guianas
Mayaca sellowiana Kunth - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, the Guianas, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina

References

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée Aublet (1720-1778) - Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Francoise vol. 3 pl. 15 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/361195)
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Sutton, D. A. & R. Khan. 1994. 258. Mayacaceae. 6: 173–174. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
Flora of North America, vol 22, Mayacaceae Kunth
Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map for Mayaca fluviatilis
Lourteig, A. 1952. Mayacaceae. Notul. Syst. (Paris. ) 14: 30--33. 1952. Lourteig, A. 1960. Distribution géographique des Mayacacées. Compt. Rend. Sommaire Séances Soc. Biogéogr. 323/2536[323]: 31--35.
Thieret, J. W. 1975. The Mayacaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 56: 248--255.
"The Plant List - Mayaca". 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
Pellegrini, M. O. O. & Carvalho, M. L. S. (2016). "The identity and application of Coletia madida and notes on the typification of Mayacaceae". Taxon. International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT). 65 (3): 605–609. doi:10.12705/653.12.