Sphaeradenia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Pandanales

Familia: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Sphaeradenia
Species (52):
S. acutitepala – S. alba – S. alleniana – S. amazonica – S. angustifolia – S. asplundii – S. brachiolata – S. buenaventurae – S. carnosa – S. chiriquensis – S. columnaris – S. compacta – S. crassiceps – S. crocea – S. cuatrecasana – S. danielii – S. distans – S. duidae – S. fosbergii – S. garciae – S. gigantea – S. hamata – S. horrida – S. killipii – S. laucheana – S. lemaensis – S. magniglobula – S. marcescens – S. meridionalis – S. occidentalis – S. oligostemon – S. oxystigma – S. pachystigma – S. pallida – S. perangusta – S. praetermissa – S. proboscidifera – S. pterostigma – S. pulchra – S. purpurea – S. rhodocephala – S. rostellata – S. sanctae-barbarae – S. scandens – S. sphagnicola – S. stenosperma – S. steyermarkii – S. stylosa – S. vallensis – S. versicolor – S. virella – S. woodsonii
Name

Sphaeradenia Harling, Acta Horti Berg. 17: 3 (1954)
Type species: Sphaeradenia angustifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Harling, Acta Horti Berg. 17: 3 (1954)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Pseudoludovia Harling, Acta Horti Berg. 18: 338 (1958)

References

Harling, G.W. 1954. Acta Horti Bergiani 17(1): 3–6.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Sphaeradenia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Sphaeradenia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Sphaeradenia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 26 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Sphaeradenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Nov. 2014.

Vernacular names

Sphaeradenia is a genus of plant in family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1954. It is native to Central America and South America.[2]

Species[2]

Sphaeradenia acutitepala - from Nicaragua to Colombia
Sphaeradenia alba - Panama
Sphaeradenia alleniana - Costa Rica, Panama
Sphaeradenia amazonica - Colombia, Venezuela, NW Brazil
Sphaeradenia angustifolia - Peru
Sphaeradenia asplundii - Ecuador
Sphaeradenia brachiolata - Ecuador
Sphaeradenia buenaventurae - Colombia
Sphaeradenia carnosa - Colombia
Sphaeradenia chiriquensis - Costa Rica, Panama
Sphaeradenia columnaris - Colombia
Sphaeradenia compacta - Colombia
Sphaeradenia crassiceps - Peru
Sphaeradenia crocea - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
Sphaeradenia cuatrecasana - Colombia
Sphaeradenia danielii - Colombia
Sphaeradenia distans - Colombia
Sphaeradenia duidae - Venezuela, NW Brazil
Sphaeradenia fosbergii - Colombia
Sphaeradenia garciae - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
Sphaeradenia gigantea - Colombia
Sphaeradenia hamata - Colombia, Ecuador
Sphaeradenia horrida - Colombia, Ecuador
Sphaeradenia killipii - Colombia, Ecuador
Sphaeradenia laucheana - from Costa Rica to Peru
Sphaeradenia lemaensis - Bolívar in Venezuela
Sphaeradenia magniglobula - Costa Rica, Panama
Sphaeradenia marcescens - Ecuador
Sphaeradenia meridionalis - Peru, Bolivia
Sphaeradenia occidentalis - Costa Rica
Sphaeradenia oligostemon - Colombia
Sphaeradenia oxystigma - Ecuador, Peru
Sphaeradenia pachystigma - Costa Rica, Panama
Sphaeradenia pallida - Colombia
Sphaeradenia perangusta - Amazonas in Peru
Sphaeradenia praetermissa - Costa Rica
Sphaeradenia proboscidifera - Colombia
Sphaeradenia pterostigma - Colombia, Ecuador
Sphaeradenia pulchra - Colombia
Sphaeradenia purpurea - Colombia
Sphaeradenia rhodocephala - Ecuador, Peru
Sphaeradenia rostellata - Costa Rica
Sphaeradenia sanctae-barbarae - Ecuador
Sphaeradenia scandens - Colombia
Sphaeradenia sphagnicola - Costa Rica
Sphaeradenia stenosperma - Colombia
Sphaeradenia steyermarkii - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Sphaeradenia stylosa - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Sphaeradenia vallensis - Colombia
Sphaeradenia versicolor - Ecuador
Sphaeradenia virella - Panama
Sphaeradenia woodsonii - Panama

References

illustration by J.N. Fitch (d. 1927) - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.125 (1899)
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families