Forsteronia

Forsteronia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Forsteronia G. Mey.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Anabata Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Aptotheca Miers Syringosma Mart. ex Rchb. Thyrsanthus Benth.

Forsteronia is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1818. It is native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies.^[2]

Species^[2]

1. Forsteronia acouci (Aubl.) A.DC. - S Mexico to Peru
2. Forsteronia adenobasis Müll.Arg. - SE Venezuela, Guianas
3. Forsteronia affinis Müll.Arg. - NW South America
4. Forsteronia amazonica Monach. - NW Brazil
5. Forsteronia amblybasis S.F.Blake - Peru, Bolivia
6. Forsteronia apurensis Markgr. - Venezuela
7. Forsteronia australis Müll.Arg. - Brazil
8. Forsteronia brevifolia Markgr. - NW Brazil, NE Peru
9. Forsteronia chiriquensis Woodson - Panama, Colombia
10. Forsteronia cordata (Müll.Arg.) Woodson - SE Brazil
11. Forsteronia × correntina C.Ezcurra & Tressens - NE Argentina
12. Forsteronia diospyrifolia Müll.Arg. - SE Venezuela, Guyana
13. Forsteronia domatiella Proctor - Jamaica
14. Forsteronia duckei Markgr. - SE Colombia, Guyana, NW Brazil
15. Forsteronia elachista S.F.Blake - NE Colombia, NW Venezuela
16. Forsteronia glabrescens Müll.Arg. - S South America
17. Forsteronia gracilis (Benth.) Müll.Arg. - N South America
18. Forsteronia graciloides Woodson - Colombia, Peru
19. Forsteronia guyanensis Müll.Arg. - N South America
20. Forsteronia laurifolia (Benth.) A.DC. - Amazon Basin
21. Forsteronia leptocarpa (Hook. & Arn.) A.DC. - Brazil
22. Forsteronia linearis (Vell.) Müll.Arg. - SE Brazil
23. Forsteronia lucida Markgr. - Amazon Basin
24. Forsteronia manausana B.F.Hansen - Amazonas State in Brazil
25. Forsteronia mollis Rusby - Bolivia
26. Forsteronia montana Müll.Arg. - E Brazil
27. Forsteronia myriantha Donn.Sm. - S Mexico to Bolivia
28. Forsteronia obtusiloba Müll.Arg. - Venezuela, Suriname
29. Forsteronia paludosa Woodson - Pará, Mato Grosso
30. Forsteronia paraensis B.F.Hansen - Suriname, Pará
31. Forsteronia pilosa (Vell.) Müll.Arg. - E Brazil
32. Forsteronia pubescens A.DC. - SC South America
33. Forsteronia pycnothyrsus K. Schum. ex Woodson - Ecuador
34. Forsteronia refracta Müll.Arg. - Venezuela to NE Argentina
35. Forsteronia rotundiuscula Miers - Brazil
36. Forsteronia rufa Müll.Arg. - Brazil
37. Forsteronia schomburgkii A.DC. - Guyana
38. Forsteronia simulans Woodson - Colombia
39. Forsteronia spicata (Jacq.) G.Mey. - Mexico to Venezuela, Cuba
40. Forsteronia subcordata K.Schum. ex Woodson - Ecuador, Peru
41. Forsteronia tarapotensis K.Schum. ex Woodson - Amazon Basin
42. Forsteronia thyrsoidea (Vell.) Müll.Arg. - SC South America
43. Forsteronia umbellata (Aubl.) Woodson - NE South America
44. Forsteronia vellozoana (A.DC.) Woodson - Brazil
45. 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

1. Meyer, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm. 1818. Primitiae Florae Essequeboensis 133–134
2. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 21, 2014.
3. 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.