Banisteriopsis nummifera

Banisteriopsis nummifera

Banisteriopsis nummifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Banisteriopsis
Species: Banisteriopsis nummifera

Name

Banisteriopsis nummifera (A.Juss.) B.Gates, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 30: 147 (1982).

Synonyms

(List may be incomplete)

• Basionym
  • Banisteria nummifera A.Juss., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 13: 281 (1840)
    • Type locality: Brasilia [= BRAZIL]. [Bahia: in hills near Bahia.]
    • Type: P. Salzmann pl. Bras. exs. 92 (in flower [& with young fruit]; Holotype: P-JU [cf. P00673638^{(GBIF, REFLORA, speciesLink)}, 'TYPE']; Isotype: G [​G00352661 (244141/1)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}]).
• Homotypic
  • Banisteria gardneriana A.Juss. var. nummifera (A.Juss.) Nied., Banisteria 1: 9 (1900)
  • Banisteria gardneriana var. nummifera f. salzmanniana Nied., Banisteria 1: 9 (1900)
• Heterotypic
  • Banisteria blanchetiana A.Juss., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 13: 285 (1840)
    • Type locality: Brasilia [= BRAZIL]. [Bahia: Serra de Jacobina.]
    • Type: J.S. Blanchet 2576 (in flower, [anno 1838]; Holotype: P [cf. P02429033^{(GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA, speciesLink)}, 'TYPE']; Isotypes: B [monochrome photocopy: F0BN012804^(JSTOR)], BM {BM000583136^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}, BM000583137^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}, BM000583167^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}}, BR [​BR0000008699886^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], E {E00880067^(GBIF), E00880068^(GBIF)}, F {V0062567F (1546315)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, V0062568F (939266)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}}, G {G00352659 (244140/1)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}, G00352660 (244140/2)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}}, GH 00044999^{(GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA, speciesLink)}, HAL 0145898^(GBIF), K {K000427228^{(GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA, speciesLink)}, K000427229^{(GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA, speciesLink)}}, LE 00002984^(JSTOR), MICH {MICH1102009^{(JSTOR, speciesLink)}, MICH1102010^{(JSTOR, speciesLink)}}, NY {NY00055090^{(GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA, speciesLink)}, NY00055091^{(GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA, speciesLink)}}, P {P00673672^{(GBIF, REFLORA, speciesLink)}, P02429034^{(GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA, speciesLink)}, P02429035^{(GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA, speciesLink)}}, W {0070462, 1889-0121106})
      • Banisteria sellowiana A.Juss. var. blanchetiana (A.Juss.) Nied., Banisteria 1: 8 (1900); not accepted by Gates (1982) [cited as Banisteriopsis nummifera]
  • Triopterys argentea Salzm. ex Griseb., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(1): 50 (1858), pro syn. sub nom. Banisteria nummifera, as 'Triopteris'
  • Banisteria gardneriana var. nummifera f. blanchetiana Nied., Banisteria 1: 9 (1900); not accepted by Gates (1982) [cited as Banisteriopsis nummifera]
    • Type locality: [BRAZIL.] Bahia.
    • Syntypes: J.S. Blanchet 3174 et 3174 a (B [destroyed?]; Isosyntypes: F, G {G00352662 (244142/1)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)} ['3174'], G00352663 (244143/1)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)} ['3174A']}, P, W 0070673)
  • Banisteria gardneriana var. nummifera f. luschnathiana Nied., Banisteria 1: 9 (1900); not accepted by Gates (1982) [cited as Banisteriopsis nummifera]
    • Types:
      • Lectotype: B. Luschnath s.n. (Ilheos, Bahia, [BRAZIL]; in flower; BR [​BR0000008699527^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Isolectotypes: BR [​BR0000008699190^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], LE 00002998^(JSTOR)).
      • Syntypes: G. Schüch s.n. (Rio de Janeiro, [BRAZIL]; in flower; BR {BR0000008698209^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, BR0000008698537^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, BR0000008698865^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}).
  • Banisteria cinerea Rusby, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4(14): 335 (–336) (1907); not accepted by Niedenzu (1928) [cited as Banisteria gardneriana] and Gates (1982) [cited as Banisteriopsis nummifera]
    • Type locality: BOLIVIA. Unduavi, in wet forest-mould.
    • Type: M. Bang 2489 (in flower, [September 1894]; Holotype: NY [​NY00055099^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}]; Isotypes: F [​V0062569F (163983)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}], GH {00045002^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}, 00045003^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}}, K {K000427271^{(GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA, speciesLink)}, K000427273^{(GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA, speciesLink)}}, MICH [​MICH1102015^{( JSTOR, speciesLink)}], MO-2162776 (1382)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}, NY [​NY00055100^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}], US [​US00108550 (32831)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}])
  • Banisteria sphaerandra Rusby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 276 (1927); not accepted by Gates (1982) [cited as Banisteriopsis nummifera]
    • Type locality: [BOLIVIA.] 'Yrupana, 5,500 feet'.
    • Type: G.S. McCarty (Mulford Biol. Explor. of the Amazon Basin) 126 (in flower, 6 August 1921; Holotype: NY [​NY00055148^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}]).
      • Heteropterys sphaerandra (Rusby) Nied., Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 141: 380 (1928)
  • Banisteria sellowiana var. blanchetiana f. grandifolia Nied., Pflanzenr. (Engler) IV, 141: 409 (1928); not accepted by Gates (1982) [cited as Banisteriopsis nummifera]
    • Type locality: BOLIVIA. Dep. Sa. Cruz: Prov. Sara, Gebüsch bei Buenavista.
    • Type: J. Steinbach 6530 ([October 1921]; Holotype: B [destroyed]; Isotypes: A 00045014^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}, BM [​BM000583176^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}], GH, K [​K000370294^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}], NY [​NY00055147^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, fragment])

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Southern America Northern South America French Guiana. Western South America Bolivia, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central (Brasília Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso), Brazil Northeast (Bahia), Brazil Southeast (Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Brazil North (Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia), Brazil South (Paraná). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gates, B. 1982. Banisteriopsis, Diplopterys (Malpighiaceae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 30: 1–237. JSTOR . World Flora Online Monographs Details, NYBG Steere Herbarium. Reference page. 
• Jussieu, A. de 1840. Malpighiacearum synopsis, Monographiae mox edendae Prodromus. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique sér. 2, 13: 247–291. BHL Reference page. 
• Niedenzu, F. 1900–1901. De genre Banisteria, parts 1 & 2. Index Lectionum in Lyceo Regio Hosiano Brunsbergensi (Verzeichnis der Vorlesungen an der Staatlichen Akademie zu Braunsberg 1900/01). Online. PDF (pars prior), PDF (pars posterior). Reference page. 
• Niedenzu, F. 1928. Malpighiaceae. In Engler, A. (ed.) Das Pflanzenreich: Regni vegetabilis conspectus, Im Auftrage der Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften. IV. Fam. 141([Heft 91]): 1–246 (Biblioteca Digital); ([Heft 93]): 247–572 (BHL; Biblioteca Digital); ([Heft 94]): 573–870 (BHL). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. Reference page. 
• Rusby, H.H. 1907. An enumeration of the plants collected in Bolivia by Miguel Bang. Part 4. With descriptions of new genera and species. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 4(14): 309–470. BHL. Reference page. 
• Rusby, H.H. 1927. Descriptions of new genera and species of plants collected on the Mulford Biological Exploration of the Amazon Valley, 1921–1922. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 7: 205–387. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Anderson, C. & Anderson, W.R. 2007. Malpighiaceae. In: Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584. hdl: 10088/34962 JSTOR BHLReference page.  [see p. 386]
• Carvalho, P.D., Rapini, A. & Conceição, A.A. 2010. Flora da Bahia: Malpighiaceae - Banisteriopsis, Bronwenia e Diplopterys. Sitientibus Série Ciências Biológicas 10(1): 159–191. (Portuguese) DOI: 10.13102/scb7958 . Reference page.  [see p. 171]
• Jussieu, A. de 1843. Monographie de la famille des Malpighiacées. Seconde partie. Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 3: 255–614. BHL. Google Books. Reference page.  [see pp. 391–392 (Banisteria nummifera), 420–421 (Banisteria blanchetiana)]
• Zuloaga, F.O., Belgrano, M.J. & Zanotti, C.A. 2019. Actualización del Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Darwiniana Nueva Serie, 7(2): 208–278. DOI: 10.14522/darwiniana.2019.72.861 . Appendix 1 (PDF) Catalogue on BHL. Reference page.  [see App. I, p. 585]

Links

• Francener, A. & Almeida, R.F. 2025. Banisteriopsis nummifera. In Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 13 December 2025.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Banisteriopsis nummifera. Accessed: 2025 December 15.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Banisteriopsis sellowiana. Accessed: 2025 December 13.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Banisteriopsis nummifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 December 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Banisteriopsis nummifera. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Banisteriopsis nummifera. Published online. Accessed: 13 December 2025. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Banisteriopsis nummifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 December 2025. Reference page.

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