Cuphea carthagenensis

Cuphea carthagenensis

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: Lythraceae
Genus: Cuphea
Species: Cuphea carthagenensis

Name

Cuphea carthagenensis (Jacq.) J.F.Macbr., 1830

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Lythrum carthagenense Jacq. in Enum. Syst. Pl.: 22 (1760)
• Heterotypic
  • Balsamona pinto Vand. in Fasc. Pl.: 15 (1771)
  • Cuphea balsamona Cham. & Schltdl. in Linnaea 2: 363 (1827)
  • Cuphea divaricata Pohl ex Koehne in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(2): 255 (1877)
  • Cuphea peplidioides Mart. ex Koehne in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(2): 255 (1877)
  • Cuphea prunellifolia A.St.-Hil. in Fl. Bras. Merid. 3: 108 (1833)
  • Parsonsia balsamona (Cham. & Schltdl.) Standl. in P.C.Standley & S.Calderon, Lista Pl. Salvador: 159 (1925)
  • Parsonsia pinto (Vand.) A.Heller in Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 862 (1897)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Regional: Caribbean Leeward Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. Continental:Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Alabama, Arkansas, Assam, Azores, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Caroline Is., China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Florida, Georgia, Guinea, Hawaii, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Malaya, Mississippi, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New South Wales, North Carolina, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., South Carolina, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Vanuatu, Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Macbride, J.F. 1930. Spermatophytes, mostly Peruvian—II. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 8: 75–130. BHL Reference page.  8:124.

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cuphea carthagenensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cuphea carthagenensis. Published online. Accessed: August 17 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Cuphea carthagenensis. 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 17. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Cuphea carthagenensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 August 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cuphea carthagenensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

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