Evodianthus is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1857. It contains only one known species, Evodianthus funifer , native to Trinidad & Tobago, Central America (Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua) and northern South America (N Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Evodianthus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Evodianthus
Oerst.
Species:
E. funifer
Binomial name
Evodianthus funifer
(Poit.) Lindm.
Synonyms[1]
  • Ludovia funifera Poit.
  • Salmia funifera (Poit.) Spreng.
  • Carludovica funifera (Poit.) Kunth
  • Ludovia subacaulis Poit.
  • Carludovica subacaulis (Poit.) Kunth
  • Evodianthus angustifolius Oerst.
  • Carludovica chelidonura Drude
  • Carludovica oerstedii Hemsl.
  • Evodianthus freyreissii Lindm.
  • Carludovica coronata Gleason
Subspecies[1]
  • Evodianthus funifer subsp. fendlerianus Harding - Aragua State in Venezuela
  • Evodianthus funifer subsp. funifer - most of species range
  • Evodianthus funifer subsp. peruvianus Harling - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • Evodianthus funifer subsp. trailianus (Drude) Harling - Guianas, Colombia, Peru, NW Brazil

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Williams, R.O. (1986). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 3(4): 279-380. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.
  3. ^ Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  4. ^ Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  5. ^ Berry, P.E., Holst, B.K. & Yatskievych, K. (eds.) (1998). Flora of the Venenzuela Guayana 4: 1-799. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  6. ^ Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  7. ^ Stevens, W.D. & al. (eds.) (2001). Flora de Nicaragua 1: 1-943. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.