Published May 22, 2024 | Version v1
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Byrsonima Kunth 2024

  • 1. Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Campus Sudoeste, Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil & Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK
  • 2. Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Campus Sudoeste, Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil
  • 3. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK

Description

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ByrsonimaRich. ex Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 5: 147. 1821 [1822].

Figs 3 F, L, 6 A, 7 O, 8 C, J, 9 K, 10 E – G

= Alcoceratothrix Nied., Arbeiten Bot. Inst. Königl. Lyceums Hosianum Braunsberg 1: 45. 1901. Type species: Alcoceratothrix rugosa (Benth.) Nied. (≡ Byrsonima rugosa Benth.).

Type species.

Byrsonima spicata (Cav.) DC.

Notes.

Byrsonima currently comprises 164 accepted species (49 threatened species; Suppl. material 1) of trees, shrubs, or subshrubs endemic to most biomes of the Neotropical region from swamps in the State of Florida (USA) to rainforests, savannas, dry forests, and grasslands of Southern Brazil (Almeida et al. 2020; POWO 2024). Two subgenera are currently recognised in Byrsonima (subg. Byrsonima and subg. Macrozeugma Nied.), but neither is monophyletic (Francener 2016). There is no updated identification key for all species of Byrsonima, but for regional treatments, see Anderson (1981) for the Guyana Highland, Almeida et al. (2020) for Brazil, Pool (in prep.) for Mesoamerica, and Anderson (2016) for North America.

Notes

Published as part of de Almeida, Rafael F., de Morais, Isa L., Alves-Silva, Thais, Antonio-Domingues, Higor & Pellegrini, Marco O. O., 2024, A new classification system and taxonomic synopsis for Malpighiaceae (Malpighiales, Rosids) based on molecular phylogenetics, morphology, palynology, and chemistry, pp. 69-138 in PhytoKeys 242 on pages 69-138, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.242.117469

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References

  • Almeida RF, Francener A, Pessoa C, Sebastiani R, Oliveira YR, Amorim AMA, Mamede MCH (2020) Malpighiaceae in Flora do Brasil 2020. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. https://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/floradobrasil/FB155 [Accessed 07. 12. 2023]
  • POWO (2024) Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ [Accessed 26. 11. 2023]
  • Francener A (2016) Estudos taxonômicos em Byrsonima sect. Eriolepis Nied. (Malpighiaceae). PhD Thesis. Instituto de Botânica de São Paulo, 184 pp.
  • Anderson WR (1981) Malpighiaceae. In: The Botany of the Guyana Highland – Part XI. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 32: 21–305.
  • Pool A (in prep) Malpighiaceae. In: Ulloa CU, Hernández HM, Davidse G, Barrie FR, Knapp s, Dressler R (Eds) Flora Mesoamericana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Saint Louis.
  • Anderson WR (2016) Malpighiaceae. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Eds) Flora of North America, 12. Oxford University Press, New York, 354–364.