Picramnia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Picramniales

Familia: Picramniaceae
Genus: Picramnia
Species: P. andrade-limae – P. antidesma – P. apetala – P. bahiensis – P. bullata – P. campestris – P. caracasana – P. ciliata – P. coccinea – P. deflexa – P. dictyoneura – P. dolichobotrya – P. elliptica – P. emarginata – P. excelsa – P. ferrea – P. gardneri – P. glazioviana – P. gracilis – P. grandifolia – P. guerrerensis – P. guianensis – P. hirsuta – P. juniniana – P. killipii – P. latifolia – P. macrocarpa – P. magnifolia – P. matudae – P. nuriensis – P. oreadica – P. parvifolia – P. pentandra – P. polyantha – P. ramiflora – P. reticulata – P. sellowii – P. sphaerocarpa – P. spruceana – P. teapensis – P. thomasii – P. tumbesina – P. villosa – P. xalapensis
Name

Picramnia Sw., Prodr. [O. P. Swartz] 2, 27. (1788), nom. cons. vs. Pseudo-brasilium Adans. (1763) and Tariri Aubl. (1775)

Type species: Picramnia antidesma Sw., Prodr. [O. P. Swartz] 27. (1788)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Brasiliastrum Lam.
Gumillea Ruiz & Pav.
Pseudo-brasilium Plum. ex Adans.
Tariri Aubl.

References

Swartz, O. 1788. Nova Genera & Species Plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum Vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783-87 2, 27.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Picramnia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct. 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Picramnia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 31 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Picramnia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Picramnia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Picramnia, the bitterbushes,[3] is a genus of plant considered to be in the family Picramniaceae, but sometimes placed in Simaroubaceae.[2] The name is conserved against the genera Pseudo-brasilium Adans., and Tariri Aubl., both which have been rejected (nomen rejiciendum).[2]

Selected species

Picramnia andrade-limae Pirani
Picramnia antidesma Sw.
Picramnia apetala Tul.
Picramnia bahiensis Turcz.
Picramnia bullata W.W.Thomas
Picramnia campestris Rizzini & Occhioni
Picramnia caracasana Engl.
Picramnia ciliata Mart.
Picramnia coccinea W.W.Thomas
Picramnia deflexa W.W.Thomas
Picramnia dictyoneura (Urb.) Urb. & Ekman
Picramnia dolichobotrya Diels
Picramnia elliptica Kuhlm. ex Pirani & W.W.Thomas
Picramnia emarginata Urb. & Ekman
Picramnia excelsa Kuhlm. ex Pirani
Picramnia ferrea Pirani & W.W.Thomas
Picramnia gardneri Planch.
Picramnia glazioviana Engl.
Picramnia gracilis Tul.
Picramnia grandifolia Engl.
Picramnia guerrerensis W.W.Thomas
Picramnia guianensis (Aubl.) Jans.-Jac.
Picramnia hirsuta W.W.Thomas
Picramnia juniniana J.F.Macbr.
Picramnia killipii J.F.Macbr.
Picramnia latifolia Tul.
Picramnia macrocarpa Urb. & Ekman
Picramnia magnifolia J.F.Macbr.
Picramnia matudae Lundell
Picramnia nuriensis Steyerm.
Picramnia oreadica Pirani
Picramnia parvifolia Engl.
Picramnia pentandra Sw.
Picramnia polyantha (Benth.) Planch.
Picramnia ramiflora Planch.
Picramnia regnellii Engl.
Picramnia reticulata Griseb.
Picramnia riedelii Regel & Rach
Picramnia sellowii Planch.
Picramnia sphaerocarpa Planch.
Picramnia spruceana Engl.
Picramnia teapensis Tul.
Picramnia thomasii Gonz.-Martínez & J.Jiménez Ram.
Picramnia villosa Rusby
Picramnia xalapensis Planch.

List source :[4]

See also

Gumillea, for more information on this synonym of Picramnia.

References

The genus Picramnia, as well as its type (P. antidesma), was first described and published in Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus 2, 27. 1788. "Name - !Picramnia Sw". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved August 1, 2011. "Annotation: nom. cons — Type Specimens: T: Picramnia antidesma Sw."
GRIN (October 5, 2007). "Picramnia information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved August 1, 2011. "Also sometimes placed in: Simaroubaceae"
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Phicramniaccessdate=3 October 2015". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.
"Picramnia Sw". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 February 2022.