Poecilandra

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: Sauvagesieae
Genus: Poecilandra
Name

Poecilandra Tul., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 8(6): 342. 1847.

Type species: Poecilandra retusa Tul., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 8(6): 342. 1847.

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Poecilandra subg. Roraimia Ule, Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6(60): 340. 1915.
Type species: Poecilandra sclerophylla Ule, Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6(60): 341. 1915.

Overview of species
Accepted species

P. pumila – P. retusa
Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to Sastre (2003).
Name in synonymy

P. sclerophylla
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana, Venezuela.
Western South America
Colombia.
Brazil
Brazil North.

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

References
Primary references

Tulasne, L.-R. 1847. Flore de la Colombie. Plantes nouvelles. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 3, 7: 257–296, 360–373, 8: 326–343. BHL BHL BHL Reference page.
Ule, E. 1915. Ochnaceae. Pp. 335–346 in Pilger, R. (ed.). Plantae Uleanae novae vel minus cognitae. Heft 4. Notizblatt des Königl. botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin 6: 311–396. BHL JSTOR Reference page.

Additional references

Sastre, C. 2003. Ochnaceae. Pp. 124–161 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 7, Myrtaceae–Plumbaginaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-930723-13-9. Reference page.
Sastre, C. 2007. Ochnaceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 445–449. BHL Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Poecilandra. Published online. Accessed: 02 February 2019.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Poecilandra in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 February 02.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Poecilandra.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Poecilandra in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-02-02.
Hassler, M. 2019. Poecilandra. 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 February 02. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Poecilandra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 02 February 2019.
Poecilandra in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 02 February 2019.
Poecilandra in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 02 February 2019.

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

Its native range is Southern Tropical America.[1]

Species:[1]

Poecilandra pumila Steyerm.
Poecilandra retusa Tul.

References

"Poecilandra Tul. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.