Pogonophora

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: Peraceae
Genus: Pogonophora
Species: P. letouzeyi – P. schomburgkiana
Name

Pogonophora Miers ex Benth., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 372. (1854)

Type species: Pogonophora schomburgkiana Miers ex Benth., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 373. (1854)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Poraresia Gleason, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 58: 385. (1931)

References

Miers, J. 1854. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 6: 372.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pogonophora in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pogonophora. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 25 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Pogonophora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 25.

Pogonophora is a plant genus of the family Peraceae first described as a genus in 1854.[2][3] It is native to central Africa and northern South America.[1][4]

Species[1]

Pogonophora letouzeyi Feuillet, 1993 - Gabon, Congo
Pogonophora schomburgkiana Miers ex Benth., 1854 - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Fr Guinea, N + E Brazil

formerly included[1]

moved to other genera (Micrandra, Pausandra)

P. cunuri - Micrandra spruceana
P. trianae - Pausandra trianae

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Bentham, George. 1854. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 6: 372-373 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
Tropicos
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.