Anthodiscus

Anthodiscus
Anthodiscus obovatus[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Caryocaraceae
Genus: Anthodiscus
G.Mey.

Anthodiscus is a genus of plant in family Caryocaraceae described as a genus in 1818.[2][3]

The entire genus is endemic to South America.[4][5][6][7]

Species[4]
  1. Anthodiscus amazonicus Gleason & A.C.Sm. - Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador
  2. Anthodiscus chocoensis Prance - Colombia
  3. Anthodiscus fragrans Sleumer - Ecuador
  4. Anthodiscus klugii Standl. ex Prance - Ecuador, N Peru
  5. Anthodiscus mazarunensis Gilly - Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela
  6. Anthodiscus montanus Gleason - Colombia
  7. Anthodiscus obovatus Benth. ex Wittm. - Colombia, Venezuela, N Brazil
  8. Anthodiscus peruanus Baill. - Ecuador, N Peru
  9. Anthodiscus pilosus Ducke - Colombia, N Peru
  10. Anthodiscus trifoliatus G.Mey. - Guyana

References

  1. ↑ 1895 illustration from Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), August Wilhelm Eichler (1839-1887), Ignaz Urban (1848-1931) - Flora Brasiliensis vol. 12 pt. 1 tab. 74
  2. ↑ Meyer, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm. 1818. Primitiae florae essequeboensis adjectis descriptionibus centum circiter stirpium novarum, observationibusque criticis 193–194 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Anthodiscus G. Mey.
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ Prance, G. T. & M. F. da Silva. 1973. Caryocaraceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 12: 1–77.
  6. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  7. ↑ Prance, G. T. 1987. An update on the taxonomy and distribution of the Caryocaraceae. Opera Botanica 92: 179–183


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