Schlegelia

Schlegelia is a group of plants described as a genus in 1844.[1][2]

Schlegelia
Schlegelia parasitica flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Schlegeliaceae
Genus:	Schlegelia Miq.

Schlegelia is native to tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere from southern Mexico and the West Indies to southern Brazil.[3]

Species[3]

1. Schlegelia aurea - Brazil (Amazonas)
2. Schlegelia axillaris - Jamaica, Lesser Antilles
3. Schlegelia brachyantha - Greater Antilles, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Panama
4. Schlegelia cauliflora - Loreto
5. Schlegelia chocoensis - Colombia, Ecuador
6. Schlegelia darienensis - Colombia, Ecuador
7. Schlegelia dressleri - Panama, Ecuador
8. Schlegelia fastigiata - Colombia, Ecuador, Central America
9. Schlegelia fuscata - Colombia, Ecuador, Central America, French Guiana
10. Schlegelia hirsuta - Colombia
11. Schlegelia macrocarpa - Guatemala
12. Schlegelia macrophylla - French Guiana, Peru
13. Schlegelia monachinoi - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
14. Schlegelia nicaraguensis - Central America, Veracruz
15. Schlegelia pandurata - Colombia, Ecuador
16. Schlegelia paraensis - French Guiana, Suriname, Pará
17. Schlegelia parasitica - Jamaica
18. Schlegelia parviflora - from Belize to S Brazil
19. Schlegelia roseiflora - French Guiana, Peru
20. Schlegelia scandens - northern South America
21. Schlegelia spruceana - Guyana, Venezuela, N Brazil
22. Schlegelia sulphurea - Colombia, Ecuador
23. Schlegelia violacea - northern South America

References

1. Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1844. Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 2(46): 785-789 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
2. Tropicos, Schlegelia Miq.
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Famiiles