Argyrella

Argyrella canescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Melastomateae
Genus: Argyrella
Species: A. amplexicaulis – A. angolensis – A. bambutorum – A. canescens – A. linearis – A. richardsiae – A. sessilis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Argyrella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 05. Reference page.

Name

Argyrella Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 13: 300, t. 6. (1850) [ emend. Veranso-Libalah et al. (2017)]

• Type species: Argyrella phaeotricha Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 13: 300, t. 6. f. 7 (1850).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Heterotis sect. Argyrella (Naudin) Jacq.-Fél., Adansonia sér. 2, 20(4): 419 (1981).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Ethiopia. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Naudin, C. 1850. Melastomacearum quae in Musaeo Parisiensi continentur monographicae descriptionis et secundum affinitates distributionis tentamen. (Sequentia.) Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 3, 13: 25–39, 126–159, 273–303, 347–362, 14: 53–76, 118–165. BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Veranso-Libalah, M.C., Stone, R.D., Fongod, A.G.N., Couvreur, T.L.P. & Kadereit, G. 2017. Phylogeny and systematics of African Melastomateae (Melastomataceae). Taxon 66(3): 584–614. DOI: 10.12705/663.5 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Argyrella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Argyrella. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Argyrella. Published online. Accessed: May 19 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Argyrella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 May 2021.

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