Styloceras

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Buxales

Familia: Buxaceae
Tribus: Stylocerateae
Genus: Styloceras
Species: S. brokawii – S. columnare – S. connatum – S. kunthianum – S. laurifolium – S. penninervium
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Styloceras in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 17. Reference page.

Name

Styloceras Kunth ex A.Juss., 1824

Type species: Styloceras kunthianum A.Juss.

Homonym: Styloceras (Reverdin), Chromista
References

Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. (1824) Euph. Gen.:53
Torrez, Vania; Peter M. Jørgensen 2010. "Styloceras connatum (Buxaceae), una Nueva Especie de Bolivia". Novon 20(3):363-366. DOI: 10.3417/2009086.
Styloceras is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Buxaceae.[1][2] It is native to South America.[3]
Taxonomy

The following species are currently recognized:[4]

Styloceras brokawii A.H.Gentry & R.B.Foster
Styloceras columnare Müll.Arg.
Styloceras connatum Torrez & P.Jørg.
Styloceras kunthianum A.Juss.
Styloceras laurifolium (Willd.) Kunth
Styloceras penninervium A.H.Gentry & G.A.Aymard

References

Gentry, Alwyn H.; Foster, Robin (1981). "A New Peruvian Styloceras (Buxaceae): Discovery of a Phytogeographical Missing Link". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 68 (1): 122–124. doi:10.2307/2398815.
Francis, Macbride, J. (1951). "Flora of Peru". Fieldiana. v.13:pt.3A:no.1: 220–221.
Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 632. ISBN 9780123969545.
"Styloceras — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2017-10-16.