Forsteronia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1818. It is native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies.[1]
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| Forsteronia leptocarpa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apocynoideae |
| Tribe: | Mesechiteae |
| Genus: | Forsteronia G.Mey.[1][2] |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Species[1]
- Forsteronia acouci (Aubl.) A.DC. - S Mexico to Peru
- Forsteronia adenobasis Müll.Arg. - SE Venezuela, Guianas
- Forsteronia affinis Müll.Arg. - NW South America
- Forsteronia amazonica Monach. - NW Brazil
- Forsteronia amblybasis S.F.Blake - Peru, Bolivia
- Forsteronia apurensis Markgr. - Venezuela
- Forsteronia australis Müll.Arg. - Brazil
- Forsteronia brevifolia Markgr. - NW Brazil, NE Peru
- Forsteronia chiriquensis Woodson - Panama, Colombia
- Forsteronia cordata (Müll.Arg.) Woodson - SE Brazil
- Forsteronia × correntina C.Ezcurra & Tressens - NE Argentina
- Forsteronia diospyrifolia Müll.Arg. - SE Venezuela, Guyana
- Forsteronia domatiella Proctor - Jamaica
- Forsteronia duckei Markgr. - SE Colombia, Guyana, NW Brazil
- Forsteronia elachista S.F.Blake - NE Colombia, NW Venezuela
- Forsteronia glabrescens Müll.Arg. - S South America
- Forsteronia gracilis (Benth.) Müll.Arg. - N South America
- Forsteronia graciloides Woodson - Colombia, Peru
- Forsteronia guyanensis Müll.Arg. - N South America
- Forsteronia laurifolia (Benth.) A.DC. - Amazon Basin
- Forsteronia leptocarpa (Hook. & Arn.) A.DC. - Brazil
- Forsteronia linearis (Vell.) Müll.Arg. - SE Brazil
- Forsteronia lucida Markgr. - Amazon Basin
- Forsteronia manausana B.F.Hansen - Amazonas State in Brazil
- Forsteronia mollis Rusby - Bolivia
- Forsteronia montana Müll.Arg. - E Brazil
- Forsteronia myriantha Donn.Sm. - S Mexico to Bolivia
- Forsteronia nitida B.F.Hansen - E Brazil
- Forsteronia obtusiloba Müll.Arg. - Venezuela, Suriname
- Forsteronia paludosa Woodson - Pará, Mato Grosso
- Forsteronia paraensis B.F.Hansen - Suriname, Pará
- Forsteronia pilosa (Vell.) Müll.Arg. - E Brazil
- Forsteronia prancei B.F.Hansen - Brazil (Roraima)
- Forsteronia pubescens A.DC. - SC South America
- Forsteronia pycnothyrsus K. Schum. ex Woodson - Ecuador
- Forsteronia refracta Müll.Arg. - Venezuela to NE Argentina
- Forsteronia rufa Müll.Arg. - Brazil
- Forsteronia schomburgkii A.DC. - Guyana
- Forsteronia simulans Woodson - Colombia
- Forsteronia spicata (Jacq.) G.Mey. - Mexico to Venezuela, Cuba
- Forsteronia subcordata K.Schum. ex Woodson - Ecuador, Peru
- Forsteronia tarapotensis K.Schum. ex Woodson - Amazon Basin
- Forsteronia thyrsoidea (Vell.) Müll.Arg. - SC South America
- Forsteronia umbellata (Aubl.) Woodson - NE South America
- Forsteronia vellozoana (A.DC.) Woodson - Brazil
- Forsteronia wilsonii (Griseb.) Woodson - Jamaica
Formerly included in Forsteronia but transferred to Pinochia in 2007:[3]
- Forsteronia corymbosa (Jacq.) G.Mey. = Pinochia corymbosa (Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
- Forsteronia floribunda (Sw.) A.DC. = Pinochia floribunda (Sw.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
- Forsteronia monteverdensis J.F.Morales = Pinochia monteverdensis (J.F.Morales) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
- Forsteronia peninsularis Woodson = Pinochia peninsularis (Woodson) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
- Forsteronia portoricensis Woodson = Pinochia corymbosa subsp. portoricensis (Woodson) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Forsteronia G.Mey." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ Meyer, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm. 1818. Primitiae Florae Essequeboensis 133–134
- ^ Endress, M. E. & B. F. Hansen. 2007. Pinochia, a new genus of Apocynaceae, Apocynoideae from the Greater Antilles, Mexico and Central America. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 64(2): 269–274.
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