Psittacanthus amazonicus Kuijt 1983
Authors/Creators
- 1. INIBIOMA, CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina & Grupo de Estudios Botánicos (GEOBOTA) and Herbario Universidad de Antioquia (HUA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
- 2. Grupo de Estudios Botánicos (GEOBOTA) and Herbario Universidad de Antioquia (HUA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
Description
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Psittacanthus amazonicus(Ule) Kuijt (Kuijt 1983: 670)Psathyranthus amazonicus Ule (Ule 1907: 156)
Type
BRAZIL • Acre, Mpio. Marechal Taumaturgo, Boca de Tejo, Jurua sup.; Apr. 1901; fl.; Ule 5461; holotype: B †; isotypes: HBG [HBG 522892], F [F 0062382 F].
Iconography
Ule (1907: tafel 1); Kuijt (1983: figs 6–7); Kuijt (2009: fig. 23).
Notes
Psittacanthus amazonicus is distinguishable by its non-swollen nodes, alternate leaves, and umbellate inflorescences grouped in triads with delicate, slender ramifications, having pendant flowers with dimorphic stamens (Kuijt 2009). Morphological affinities and a shared amazonian distribution group P. amazonicus, P. barlowii Kuijt, P. elegans Kuijt, P. krausei J. F. Macbr., P. pangui Kuijt, and P. wiensii Kuijt, these being distinguishable by floral traits (Kuijt 2009). Psittacanthus amazonicus occurs in Amazonian Brazil and Peru; here, we extend its known distribution to include Colombia (Fig. 3).
Additional specimens examined
BRAZIL – Acre • Cruzeiro do Sol, Reserva Extrativista do Alto Rio Juruá, Seringal São João, Colocação Tapauna; 9°12’S, 72°41’W; 17 Mar. 1992; fl.; Daly et al. 7462; NY [NY 00674392], UC [UC 1956938].
COLOMBIA – Cauca • Piamonte, Corregimiento Miraflor, Veredas la Florida-Nápoles, Reserva La Cristalina, trocha hacia el pico Relámpago, cuenca de la quebrada Achayaco, Serranía Los Churumbelos (Bota Caucana); 1°4’17.184”N – 1°4’47.028”N, 76°28’9.3”W – 76°28’15.384”W; 650–980 m; 2 Mar. 2022; fl.; Betancur et al. 23512; COAH [COAH 119489], COL.
PERU – Huánuco • Vicinity of Tingo Maria, Villa Ysabel, Rio Cuchara; 7 Sep. 1962; fl.; Schunke 6152; F [F 1705655], K [K 005345628], US [US 03655791].
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- B, HBG, F , COAH, COL , F, K, US , NY, UC
- Material sample ID
- COAH 119489 , F 1705655, K 005345628, US 03655791 , HBG 522892, F 0062382 , NY 00674392, UC 1956938
- Event date
- 1962-09-07 , 1992-03-17 , 2022-03-02
- Verbatim event date
- 1962-09-07 , 1992-03-17 , 2022-03-02
- Scientific name authorship
- Kuijt
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Order
- Santalales
- Family
- Loranthaceae
- Genus
- Psittacanthus
- Species
- amazonicus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Psittacanthus amazonicus Kuijt, 1983 sec. Carmona-Gallego, Roldán-Palacio & Murillo-Serna, 2026
References
- Ule E (1907) II. Beiträge zur Flora der Hylaea nach den Sammlungen von Ule's Amazonas-Expedition. Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg 48: 117–222. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/281527 [accessed 17. 04. 2026]
- Kuijt J (1983) Status of the genera Aetanthus and Psathyranthus (Loranthaceae). Candollea 38 (2): 661–672. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-879885
- Kuijt J (2009) Monograph of Psittacanthus (Loranthaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 86: 1–361. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25592351 [accessed 17. 04. 2026]