Blastemanthus

Blastemanthus gemmiflorus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Ochnaceae
Subfamilia: Ochnoideae
Tribus: Sauvagesieae
Genus: Blastemanthus

Name

Blastemanthus Planch., London J. Bot. 5: 644(–645). 1846.

• Type species: Blastemanthus gemmiflorus (Mart.) Planch., London J. Bot. 5: 645. 1846.

Overview of species

Accepted species

B. gemmiflorus – B. grandiflorus

Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to Sastre (2003) and Sastre (2007), as well as to "Flora do Brasil 2020" – see references.

Names in synonymy

B. densiflorus – B. paniculatus – B. sprucei

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Northern South America Guyana, Venezuela. Western South America Colombia. Brazil Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Planchon, J.E. 1846. Sur le genre Godoya et ses analogues, avec des observations sur les limites des Ochnacées, et un revue des genres et espèces de ce groupe. (To be continued.) London Journal of Botany 5: 584–600, 644–656. BHL BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Engler, A. 1876. Ochnaceae, Anacardiaceae, Sabiaceae, Rhizophoraceae. Cols. 297–432, tt. 62–91 in Martius, C.F.P. de (†) & Eichler, A.G. (eds.), Flora Brasiliensis. Enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum quas suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas partim icone illustratas, Vol. XII, pars II. Fasc. LXXI. Frid. Fleischer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. 
• Sastre, C. 2003. Ochnaceae. Pp. 124–161 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 7, Myrtaceae–Plumbaginaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-930723-13-9. Reference page. 
• Sastre, C. 2007. Ochnaceae. 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: 445–449. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Blastemanthus. Published online. Accessed: 12 March 2017.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Blastemanthus in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2017 March 12.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Blastemanthus.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Blastemanthus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2017-03-12.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Blastemanthus. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 November 29. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2017. Blastemanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 March 2017.
• Blastemanthus in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 25 January 2019.
• Blastemanthus in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 12 March 2017.

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