Ferdinandusa

Ferdinandusa
Ferdinandusa elliptica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Gentianales
Family:Rubiaceae
Subfamily:Ixoroideae
Tribe:Condamineeae
Genus:Ferdinandusa
Pohl
Synonyms[1]
    • Ferdinandea Pohl
  • Aspidanthera Benth.
  • Gomphosia Wedd.

Ferdinandusa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to the American tropics.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus was initially named Ferdinandea by Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl (but that name was an illegitimate homonym[2]) who placed it in the family Bignoniaceae.[3]

Species

Species include:[4]

  • Ferdinandusa boomii Steyerm.
  • Ferdinandusa chlorantha (Wedd.) Standl.
  • Ferdinandusa cordata Ducke
  • Ferdinandusa dissimiliflora (Mutis ex Humb.) Standl.
  • Ferdinandusa duckei Steyerm.
  • Ferdinandusa edmundoi Sucre
  • Ferdinandusa elliptica (Pohl) Pohl
  • Ferdinandusa goudotiana K.Schum.
  • Ferdinandusa guainiae Spruce ex K.Schum.
  • Ferdinandusa hirsuta Standl.
  • Ferdinandusa lanceolata K.Schum.
  • Ferdinandusa leucantha Standl.
  • Ferdinandusa loretensis Standl.
  • Ferdinandusa neblinensis Steyerm.
  • Ferdinandusa nitida Ducke
  • Ferdinandusa panamensis Standl. & L.O.Williams
  • Ferdinandusa paporiensis Suess.
  • Ferdinandusa paraensis Ducke
  • Ferdinandusa rudgeoides (Benth.) Wedd.
  • Ferdinandusa scandens Ducke
  • Ferdinandusa schultesii Steyerm.
  • Ferdinandusa speciosa (Pohl) Pohl
  • Ferdinandusa sprucei K.Schum.
  • Ferdinandusa uaupensis Spruce ex K.Schum.

References

  1. 1 2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 10 July 2015
  3. ↑ Plantarum Brasiliae icones et descriptiones hactenus ineditae (text only), 2, Vienna: Antonius Strauss, p. 8 Plate 106, plate 107, plate 108
  4. ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved July 9, 2015.


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