Fischeria (plant)

Fischeria is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1813. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, and the West Indies.[1][2][3][4]

Species[5]
  1. Fischeria billbergiana (Beurl.) Morillo - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
  2. Fischeria blepharopetala S.F.Blake - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
  3. Fischeria brachycalyx L.O.Williams - Costa Rica, Panama
  4. Fischeria panamensis Spellman - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua
  5. Fischeria polytricha Decne. - Brazil
  6. Fischeria scandens DC. - S Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Puebla, Campeche, Quinana Roo, Chiapas), Central America, Ecuador, Bolivia, Cuba, Jamaica
  7. Fischeria stellata (Vell.) E.Fourn. - Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Misiones Province of Argentina
formerly included[5]
  1. F. aristolochiifolia, synonym of Gonolobus aristolochiifolius
  2. F. cincta, synonym of Gonolobus stapelioides
  3. F. heterophylla, synonym of Gonolobus heterophyllus
  4. F. hispida, synonym of Gonolobus hispidus
  5. F. setosa, synonym of Gonolobus setosus

Fischeria
Fischeria stellata
Illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Fischeria
DC. 1813
Type species
Fischeria scandens
DC.

References
  1. Murphy, H. 1986. A revision of the genus Fischeria (Asclepiadaceae). Systematic Botany 11(1): 229–241.
  2. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010.%5B%5D Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  3. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
  4. Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  5. The Plant List
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.