Published May 22, 2024 | Version v1
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Mascagnia Bertero, Hortus Ripul.

  • 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

2.8. 10.

Mascagnia(Bertero ex DC.) Bertero, Hortus Ripul.: 85. 1824 nom. cons.

Figs 3 E, 6 B, 8 Z, 11 I

Hiraea [unranked] Mascagnia Bertero ex DC., Prodr. 1: 585. 1824.

= Triopterys L., Sp. Pl.: 428. 1753, nom. rej. Type species: Triopterys jamaicensis L. [= Mascagnia lucida (Kunth) W. R. Anderson & C. Davis].

Type species.

Mascagnia americana Bertero [= Mascagnia macradena (DC.) Nied.].

Notes.

Mascagnia comprises 48 currently accepted species (19 threatened species; Suppl. material 1) of shrubs or lianas endemic to rainforests, savannas, and seasonally dry tropical forests from Mexico (North America) to Argentina (South America; POWO 2024). There is no current updated identification key for all species of Mascagnia, but for regional treatments, see Anderson (1981) for the Guyana Highland, Almeida et al. (2020) for Brazil, and Pool (in prep.) for Mesoamerica.

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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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Malpighiaceae
Genus
Mascagnia
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Malpighiales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Bertero, Hortus Ripul.
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • POWO (2024) Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ [Accessed 26. 11. 2023]
  • Anderson WR (1981) Malpighiaceae. In: The Botany of the Guyana Highland – Part XI. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 32: 21–305.
  • 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]
  • 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.