Aparisthmium

Aparisthmium
Aparisthmium cordatum in Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Alchorneae
Subtribe: Alchorneinae
Genus: Aparisthmium
Endl.
Species:
A. cordatum
Binomial name
Aparisthmium cordatum
Synonyms[2]
  • Conceveiba cordata A.Juss.
  • Alchornea cordata (A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.
  • Alchornea macrophylla Mart.
  • Alchornea latifolia Klotzsch
  • Conceveiba macropylla (Mart.) Klotzsch ex Benth.
  • Aparisthmium macrophyllum (Mart.) Baill.
  • Aparisthmium spruceanum Baill.
  • Conceveiba poeppigiana Klotzsch ex Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Alchornea orinocensis Croizat

Aparisthmium is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae[3] first described as a genus in 1840.[4][5] It contains only one known species, Aparisthmium cordatum, native to South America and Costa Rica.[2][6][7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Aparisthmium cordatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T150004558A150004560. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T150004558A150004560.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ "Aparisthmium cordatum (A.Juss.) Baill". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1840. Genera Plantarum 1112 in Latin
  5. ^ Tropicos
  6. ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  7. ^ De S.Secco, R. (2004). Alchorneae (Euphorbiaceae) (Alchornea, Aparisthmium e Conceveiba). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 93: 1-194.
  8. ^ Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
  9. ^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  10. ^ Webster, Grady L. 1994. Synopsis of the Generic and Suprageneric Taxa of Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 81(1):33-144. (see Aparisthmium discussion on page 82)