Pterolepis (Melastomataceae)

Pterolepis glomerata

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: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Melastomateae
Genus: Pterolepis
Species: P. alpestris – P. buraeavii – P. cataphracta – P. cearensis – P. glomerata – P. haplostemona – P. parnassiifolia – P. perpusilla – P. piatensis – P. picorondonica – P. polygonoides – P. repanda – P. riedeliana – P. rotundifolia – P. stenophylla – P. trichotoma

Name

Pterolepis (DC.) Miq., Comm. Phytogr. 72. (1840) nom. et typ. cons., non Schrader (1821)

• Type species: Pterolepis parnassiifolia (DC.) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 38. (1871)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Osbeckia sect. Pterolepis DC., Prodr. 3: 140. (1828)
    • Type species: Osbeckia parnasifolia DC., 3: 140. (1828)

Homonyms

• Pterolepis Schrad., Gött. Gel. Anz. 1821: 2071. (1821) nom. rej. vide Scirpus L., Sp. PL. 1: 47. (1753) (Cyperaceae)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. Introduced into: Hawaii References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

=Primary references

• Miquel, F.A.W. 1840. Commentarii Phytographici, quibus varia rei Herbariae Capita Illustrantur 72.

Additional references

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pterolepis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec. 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pterolepis. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pterolepis. Published online. Accessed: May 14 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pterolepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 May 2021.

Vernacular names

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