Biology:Souroubea

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Short description: Genus of Marcgraviaceae plants

Souroubea
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Souroubea guianensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Marcgraviaceae
Subfamily: Noranteoideae
Genus: Souroubea
Aubl.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]

Souroubea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marcgraviaceae, native to southern Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, and northern South America.[2] Some species are psychophilous (pollinated by butterflies in the day), and some are sphingophilous (pollinated by moths at night).[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Souroubea bicolor (Benth.) de Roon
  • Souroubea corallina (Mart.) de Roon
  • Souroubea crassipes (Triana & Planch.) Wittm.
  • Souroubea crassipetala de Roon
  • Souroubea dasystachya Gilg & Werderm.
  • Souroubea didyma Gilg
  • Souroubea exauriculata Delpino
  • Souroubea fragilis de Roon
  • Souroubea gilgii V.A.Richt.
  • Souroubea guianensis Aubl.
  • Souroubea intermedia de Roon
  • Souroubea loczyi (V.A.Richt.) de Roon
  • Souroubea pachyphylla Gilg
  • Souroubea peruviana Gilg
  • Souroubea platyadenia (Gilg) de Roon
  • Souroubea stichadenia de Roon
  • Souroubea sympetala Gilg
  • Souroubea vallicola Woodson ex de Roon
  • Souroubea venosa Schery


References

  1. Hist. Pl. Guiane: 244 (1775)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Souroubea Aubl.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39124-1. 
  3. Machado, I. (2000). "Souroubea guianensis Aubl.: Quest for its Legitimate Pollinator and the First Record of Tapetal Oil in the Marcgraviaceae". Annals of Botany 85 (6): 705–711. doi:10.1006/anbo.2000.1120. 

Wikidata ☰ Q150365 entry