Vismia

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: Hypericaceae
Genus: Vismia
Species: V. atlantica – V. baccifera – V. bemerguii – V. billbergiana – V. brasiliensis – V. camparaguey – V. cauliflora – V. cavalcantei – V. cavanillesiana – V. cayennensis – V. conduplicata – V. confertiflora – V. crassa – V. cuatrecasasii – V. ferruginea – V. floribunda – V. glabra – V. gracilis – V. guianensis – V. japurensis – V. jefensis – V. laevis – V. lateriflora – V. latifolia – V. latisepala – V. lauriformis – V. laxiflora – V. lindeniana – V. macrophylla – V. magnoliifolia – V. mandurr – V. martiana – V. micrantha – V. minutiflora – V. obtusa – V. parviflora – V. pentagyna – V. plicatifolia – V. pozuzoensis – V. ramuliflora – V. rufa – V. rusbyi – V. sandwithii – V. sessilifolia – V. sprucei – V. steyermarkii – V. tenuinervia – V. tomentosa
Name

Vismia Vand., Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec. 51. (1788) nom. et typ. cons.

Type species: Vismia cayennensis (Jacq.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 86. (1806)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Caopia Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 448. (1763)
Acrossanthes C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 452. (1845)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
S. Mexico to S. Trop. America and Trinidad

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

Vandelli, D. 1788. Florae Lusitanicae et Brasiliensis Specimen 51.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Vismia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Vismia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 18 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Vismia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Mar. 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vismia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
русский: Висмия

Vismia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae.[1] Members of the genus are small trees and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical areas of Central America and South America.[2] Including the countries of Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago and Venezuela.[1]

Like many members of the Hypericaceae, these plants contain xanthonoids.

The genus name of Vismia is in honour of Gérard de Visme (c. 1725 – c. 1797), a French and English merchant in Lisbon, Portugal.[3] It was first described and published in Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec. on page 51 in 1788.[1]
Known species

Plants of the World Online acceptes 48 species;[1]

Vismia affinis Oliv.
Vismia atlantica L.Marinho & M.V.Martins
Vismia baccifera (L.) Planch. & Triana
Vismia bemerguii M.E.Berg
Vismia billbergiana Beurl.
Vismia brasiliensis Choisy
Vismia camparaguey Sprague & L.Riley
Vismia cauliflora A.C.Sm.
Vismia cavalcantei Van den Berg
Vismia cavanillesiana Cuatrec.
Vismia cayennensis (Jacq.) Pers.
Vismia confertiflora Spruce ex Reichardt
Vismia corymbosa A.Chev.
Vismia crassa (Rusby) S.F.Blake
Vismia cuatrecasasii Ewan
Vismia ferruginea Kunth
Vismia floribunda Sprague
Vismia glabra Ruiz & Pav.
Vismia gracilis Hieron.
Vismia guianensis (Aubl.) Pers.
Vismia guineensis (L.) Choisy
Vismia japurensis Rchb.f.
Vismia jefensis N.Robson
Vismia laevis Planch. & Triana
Vismia lateriflora Ducke
Vismia latifolia (Aubl.) Choisy
Vismia latisepala N.Robson
Vismia laurentii De Wild.
Vismia lauriformis (Lam.) Choisy
Vismia laxiflora Rchb.f.
Vismia lindeniana Decne. ex Turcz.
Vismia macrophylla Kunth
Vismia magnoliifolia Cham. & Schltdl.
Vismia mandurr Hieron.
Vismia martiana Rchb.f.
Vismia micrantha A.St.-Hil.
Vismia minutiflora Ewan
Vismia obtusa Spruce ex Reichardt
Vismia orientalis Engl.
Vismia parviflora Cham. & Schltdl.
Vismia pauciflora Milne-Redh.
Vismia pentagyna (Spreng.) Ewan
Vismia plicatifolia Hochr.
Vismia pozuzoensis Engl.
Vismia ramuliflora Miq.
Vismia rubescens Oliv.
Vismia rufa Cuatrec.
Vismia rusbyi Ewan
Vismia sandwithii Ewan
Vismia sessilifolia (Aubl.) Choisy
Vismia sprucei Sprague
Vismia steyermarkii N.Robson
Vismia tenuinervia (M.E.Berg) N.Robson
Vismia tomentosa Rui
Vismia torrei Mendes

References

"Vismia Vand". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
Hussain, Hidayat; Hussain, Javid; Al-Harrasi, Ahmed; Saleem, Muhammad; Green, Ivan R.; van Ree, Teunis; Ghulam, Abbas (11 September 2012). "Chemistry and biology of genus Vismia". Pharmaceutical Biology. 50 (11): 1448–1462. doi:10.3109/13880209.2012.680972. PMID 22881063.
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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.