Schubertia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Gonolobinae
Genus: Schubertia
Species: S. grandiflora – S. hatschbachii – S. kefersteinii – S. morilloana – S. multiflora – S. schreiteri
Name

Schubertia Mart. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 1(3): 55. (1824), nom. cons.

Type species: S. multiflora Mart., typ. cons.

Homonyms

Schubertia, Foraminifera, Chromista
Schubertia Mirb. Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 3: 123. (1812) nom. rej. vide Taxodium Rich. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 16: 298. (1810) Cupressaceae
Schubertia Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 884. (1826) nom. illeg. hom. vide Harmsiopanax Warb. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1: 166. (1897) Araliaceae

References

Martius, C.F.P. von 1824. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum 1: 55.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Schubertia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Schubertia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 16 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Schubertia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 16.

Schubertia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810.[1][2] It is native to South America.

The name Schubertia has been used three times in botany, with this genus in the Apocynaceae the only one retaining the name. Species names created using the other two homonyms have all been changed in accordance with international botanical custom (see below).[3][4]

Species[3]

Schubertia grandiflora Mart. - Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Peru
Schubertia morilloana Fontella - Minas Gerais, Bahia
Schubertia multiflora Mart. - Piauí, Bahia, Pernambuco
Schubertia schreiteri Descole & T. Mey. - Chuquisaca in Bolivia; Jujuy + Salta in Argentina

formerly included[3]

moved to other genera (Araujia, Cryptomeria, Glyptostrobus, Harmsiopanax, Macroscepis, Matelea, Sequoia, Taxodium, Widdringtonia)

S. aculeata now Harmsiopanax aculeatus (Araliaceae)
S. capensis now Widdringtonia nodiflora (Cupressaceae)
S. disticha now Taxodium distichum (Cupressaceae)
S. graveolens now Araujia graveolens
S. hamata now Matelea longiflora
S. japonica now Cryptomeria japonica (Cupressaceae)
S. longiflora now Glyptostrobus pensilis (Cupressaceae)
S. sempervirens now Sequoia sempervirens (Cupressaceae)
S. tristis now Macroscepis hirsuta

References

Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1824. Nova genera et species plantarum :quas in itinere per Brasiliam MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I., Bavariae regis augustissimi instituto 1: 55
Tropicos, genus Schubertia
The Plant List, genus Schubertia
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants