Schlegelia

Schlegelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Schlegeliaceae
Genus: Schlegelia
Miq.

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

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. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Famiiles
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