Ferdinandusa

Ferdinandusa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to the American tropics.[1]

Ferdinandusa
Ferdinandusa elliptica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Condamineeae
Genus: Ferdinandusa
Pohl
Synonyms[1]
    • Ferdinandea Pohl
  • Aspidanthera Benth.
  • Gomphosia Wedd.

Taxonomy

The genus was initially named Ferdinandea by Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl (but that name was an illegitimate homonym[2]) who placed it in the family Bignoniaceae.[3]

Species

Species include:[4]

  • Ferdinandusa boomii Steyerm.
  • Ferdinandusa chlorantha (Wedd.) Standl.
  • Ferdinandusa cordata Ducke
  • Ferdinandusa dissimiliflora (Mutis ex Humb.) Standl.
  • Ferdinandusa duckei Steyerm.
  • Ferdinandusa edmundoi Sucre
  • Ferdinandusa elliptica (Pohl) Pohl
  • Ferdinandusa goudotiana K.Schum.
  • Ferdinandusa guainiae Spruce ex K.Schum.
  • Ferdinandusa hirsuta Standl.
  • Ferdinandusa lanceolata K.Schum.
  • Ferdinandusa leucantha Standl.
  • Ferdinandusa loretensis Standl.
  • Ferdinandusa neblinensis Steyerm.
  • Ferdinandusa nitida Ducke
  • Ferdinandusa panamensis Standl. & L.O.Williams
  • Ferdinandusa paporiensis Suess.
  • Ferdinandusa paraensis Ducke
  • Ferdinandusa rudgeoides (Benth.) Wedd.
  • Ferdinandusa scandens Ducke
  • Ferdinandusa schultesii Steyerm.
  • Ferdinandusa speciosa (Pohl) Pohl
  • Ferdinandusa sprucei K.Schum.
  • Ferdinandusa uaupensis Spruce ex K.Schum.

References
  1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  2. The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 10 July 2015
  3. Plantarum Brasiliae icones et descriptiones hactenus ineditae (text only), 2, Vienna: Antonius Strauss, p. 8 Plate 106, plate 107, plate 108
  4. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved July 9, 2015.


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