Ruyschia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Marcgraviaceae
Subfamilia: Noranteoideae
Genus: Pseudosarcopera
Name

Pseudosarcopera Gir.-Cañas, Caldasia 29(2): 205(–206). 2007.

Type species: Pseudosarcopera oxystylis (Baill.) Gir.-Cañas, Caldasia 29(2): 209. 2007.

Overview of species
Accepted species

P. diaz-piedrahitae – P. oxystylis
⧼Source(s) of checklist⧽:
List based on accepted species according to Giraldo-Cañas (2007) and Giraldo-Cañas (2011).
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

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

Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2007. Un nuevo género de la familia neotropical Marcgraviaceae (Ericales) y circunscripción del complejo Norantea. Caldasia 29: 203–217. Online JSTOR Reference page.
Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2011. Estudios morfológicos y taxonómicos en el complejo Norantea (Marcgraviaceae): Revisión de Norantea, Pseudosarcopera y Schwartzia. Biblioteca José Jerónimo Triana 22: 1–175. PDF Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Pseudosarcopera. Published online. Accessed: 04 December 2016.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Pseudosarcopera in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2016 January 17.
Tropicos.org 2016. Pseudosarcopera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 17 January 2016. Ruyschia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Marcgraviaceae.[1]

Its native range is from southern Mexico down to Tropical America. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, the Leeward Islands, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles and the Windward Islands.[1]

The genus name of Ruyschia is in honour of Frederik Ruysch (1638–1731), a Dutch botanist and anatomist. He is known for developing techniques for preserving anatomical specimens, which he used to create dioramas or scenes incorporating human parts.[2] It was first described and published in Enum. Syst. Pl. on page 2 in 1760.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Ruyschia andina de Roon
Ruyschia clusiifolia Jacq.
Ruyschia enervia Lundell
Ruyschia moralesii Hammel
Ruyschia pavonii G.Don
Ruyschia phylladenia Sandwith
Ruyschia pilophora Triana & Planch.
Ruyschia tremadena (Ernst) Lundell
Ruyschia valerioi Standl.
Ruyschia viridiflora (Ernst) Lundell

References

"Ruyschia Jacq. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 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.