Genlisea

Genlisea aurea
Typus of Genlisea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Genlisea
Subgenera: G. subg. Genlisea – G. subg. Tayloria

Overview of species

G. africana – G. angolensis – G. aurea – G. barthlottii – G. exhibitionista – G. filiformis – G. flexuosa – G. glabra – G. glandulosissima – G. guianensis – G. hispidula – G. lobata – G. margaretae – G. metallica – G. multiflora – G. nebulicola – G. nigrocaulis – G. oligophylla – G. oxycentron – G. pallida – G. pulchella – G. pygmaea – G. repens – G. roraimensis – G. sanariapoana – G. stapfii – G. subglabra – G. tuberosa – G. uncinata – G. violacea

Name

Genlisea A. St.-Hil., Voy. Distr. Diam. ii. 428 (1883)

• Type species: Genlisea aurea A. St.-Hil. Voy. Distr. Diam. ii. 428 (1883) vide Barnhart, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 48. (1916)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Doerrienia Rchb., Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 117 (1841)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Genlisea Africa West Tropical Africa Burkina, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierre Leone. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Zaïre. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. Northern America Mexico Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua. Caribbean Cuba, Trinidad-Tobago. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Southern South America Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Saint-Hilaire, A. de 1833. Voyage dans le district des diamans et sur le littoral du Brésil, suivi de note sur quelques plantes caractéristiques et d'un précis de l'historie des révolutions de l'empire brésilien, depuis le commencement du règne de Jean vi jusqu'à l'abdication de D. Pedro. Seconde Partie. pp. [i–iii], [1]–457. Paris: Librarie-Gide. Hathitrust] Reference page. : 2: 428

Additional references

• Fleischmann, A., Schäferhoff, B., Heubl, G., Rivadavia, F., Barthlott, W. & Müller, K.F. 2010. Phylogenetics and character evolution in the carnivorous plant genus Genlisea A. St.-Hil. (Lentibulariaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(2): 768–783. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.009 (via Wikipedia Library ). PDF. Reference page. 
• Fleischmann, A. 2012. A monograph of the genus Genlisea. xvii + 728 pp. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole, England. ISBN 978-1-908787-00-2 Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Genlisea. Accessed: 2022 Jul 8.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Genlisea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 Jul 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Genlisea. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 Jul 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Genlisea. Published online. Accessed 8 Jul 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Genlisea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 8 Jul 2022.

Vernacular names

čeština: Genliseje
Deutsch: Reusenfallen
English: Corkscrew plants
日本語: ゲンリセア属
മലയാളം: ജെൻലിസിയ
中文: 螺旋狸藻屬, 旋刺草属, 螺旋狸藻属

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