Critonia

Critonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Critonia
P.Browne
Type species
Critonia dalea
(L.) DC.
Synonyms[1]

Dalea P.Browne 1756,[2] rejected name, not Mill. 1754 (Solanaceae) nor L. 1758 (Fabaceae) nor Gaertn. 1788 (Scrophulariaceae) nor P.Browne 1756[3]

Critonia is a genus of flowering plant in the subtribe Eupatorieae of the sunflower family.[2][4][5]

The most notable trait that characterizes the genus is the presence of pellucid punctations caused by internal secretory pockets of the leaves - to be seen these must be viewed with a hand lens while holding the leaf up to light in most species of the genus. Most species of Critonia also have smooth opposite leaves, a shrubby habit, unenlarged style bases, relatively few (3-5) flowers per head, and imbricate involucres.[6]

Species

The genus is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.[1]

  1. Critonia arachnoidea (Legname) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  2. Critonia aromatisans (DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  3. Critonia bartlettii (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  4. Critonia billbergiana (Beurl.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  5. Critonia breedlovei R.M.King & H.Rob.
  6. Critonia campechensis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  7. Critonia conzattii (Greenm.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  8. Critonia dalea (L.) DC.
  9. Critonia daleoides DC.
  10. Critonia dominicensis R.M.King & H.Rob.
  11. Critonia eggersii (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Ecuador[7]
  12. Critonia eriocarpa (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  13. Critonia heathiae B.L.Turner
  14. Critonia hebebotrya DC.
  15. Critonia hemipteropoda (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  16. Critonia heteroneura Ernst
  17. Critonia hospitalis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  18. Critonia iltisii R.M.King & H.Rob.
  19. Critonia imbricata Griseb.
  20. Critonia inaequidens (Urb.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  21. Critonia lanicaulis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  22. Critonia laurifolia (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  23. Critonia lozanoana (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  24. Critonia macropoda DC.
  25. Critonia megaphylla (Baker) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  26. Critonia morifolia (Mill.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Bolivia[8]
  27. Critonia naiguatensis (V.M.Badillo) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  28. Critonia nicaraguensis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  29. Critonia nubigenus (Benth.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  30. Critonia paneroi B.L.Turner
  31. Critonia parviflora (Sw.) DC.
  32. Critonia peninsularis (Brandegee) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  33. Critonia platychaeta (Urb.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  34. Critonia portoricensis (Urb.) Britton & P.Wilson
  35. Critonia pseudodalea DC.
  36. Critonia quadrangularis (DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  37. Critonia sexangularis (Klatt) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  38. Critonia siltepecana (B.L.Turner) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  39. Critonia spinaciifolia (DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  40. Critonia stigmatica (Urb. & Ekman) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  41. Critonia thyrsigera (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  42. Critonia thyrsoidea (Moc. ex DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  43. Critonia tuxtiae R.M.King & H.Rob.
  44. Critonia wilburii R.M.King & H.Rob.
  45. Critonia yashanalensis (Whittem.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

References

  1. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. 1 2 Browne, Patrick. 1756. The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts pages 314-315
  3. ↑ Browne, Patrick. 1756. The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts page 239
  4. ↑ Browne, Patrick. 1756. The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts page 490
  5. ↑ Tropicos, Critonia P. Browne
  6. ↑ King, R. M. and H. Robinson. 1987. The genera of the Eupatorieae (Asteraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany, Missouri Botanical Garden 22: 1-581.
  7. ↑ Montúfar, R. & Pitman, N. 2003. Critonia eggersii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
  8. ↑ "Critonia morifolia (Mill.) R. M. King & H. Rob.". Bolivia checklist.
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