Echites umbellatus

Echites umbellatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Apocynoideae
Tribus: Echiteae
Subtribus: Echitinae
Genus: Echites
Species: Echites umbellatus

Name

Echites umbellatus Jacq., 1760

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Tabernaemontana echites L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 945 (1759).
• Homotypic
  • Echites echites (L.) Britton ex Small, Fl. Miami: 147 (1913), not validly publ.
  • Echites umbellatus var. typicus Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 23: 224 (1936), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Apocynum obliquum Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 8 (1768).
  • Echites littoreus Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 212 (1819).
  • Echites crassipes A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 91 (1850).
  • Echites umbellatus var. longiflorus Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 172 (1866).
  • Echites longiflorus (Griseb.) Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer.: 194 (1878), nom. illeg.
  • Echites obliquus (Mill.) Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer.: 193 (1878).
  • Echites ovatus Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer.: 192 (1878), nom. illeg.
  • Rhodocalyx crassipes (A.Rich.) Miers, Apocyn. S. Amer.: 140 (1878).
  • Echites umbellatus var. crassipes (A.Rich.) M.Gómez, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 274 (1895).
  • Echites umbellatus subsp. crassipes (A.Rich.) Borhidi & O.Muñiz, Bot. Közlem. 62: 26 (1975).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Florida. Regional: Mexico Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan), Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Honduras, ?Panama Regional: Caribean Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Isl., Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles (Barbuda) Regional: Northern South America Colombia (San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Jacquin, N.J.v. 1760. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 13.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Echites umbellatus. 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 Sep 20. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Echites umbellatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Echites umbellatus. Published online. Accessed: Sep 20 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Echites umbellatus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 20.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Echites umbellatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Sep 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Devil's potato

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