Biology:Prestonia (plant)

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Short description: Genus of plants

Prestonia
Prestonia coalita.jpg
Prestonia coalita
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Echiteae
Genus: Prestonia
R.Br.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Belandra S.F.Blake
  • Guachamaca Grosourdy
  • Haemadictyon Lindl.
  • Rhaptocarpus Miers
  • Rhodocalyx Müll.Arg.

Prestonia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.[2] It is closely related to Artia and Parsonsia.[3][4]

Species[2]


Formerly included[2]
  1. Prestonia agglutinata (Jacq.) Woodson = Echites agglutinatus Jacq.
  2. Prestonia arborescens Monach. = Hylaea arborescens (Monach.) J.F.Morales
  3. Prestonia caudata Woodson = Echites puntarenensis J.F.Morales
  4. Prestonia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. = Laubertia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Woodson
  5. Prestonia hirsuta Spreng. 1824 not Müll.Arg. 1860 = Mandevilla pavonii (A.DC.) Woodson
  6. Prestonia langlassei Standl. = Laubertia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Woodson
  7. Prestonia leptoloba Monach. = Hylaea leptoloba (Monach.) J.F.Morales
  8. Prestonia peruviana Spreng. = Mandevilla glandulosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
  9. Prestonia woodsoniana (Monach.) A.H.Gentry = Echites woodsonianus Monach.

References

  1. ↑ "Prestonia information from NPGS/GRIN". www.ars-grin.gov. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?9829. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=165307. Retrieved May 18, 2014. 
  3. ↑ Livshultz, T., D. J. Middleton, M. E. Endress, and J. K. Williams.(2007) Phylogeny of Apocynoideae and the APSA Clade (Apocynaceae S.l.). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94, no. 2: 324–59.
  4. ↑ Morales, J.F.; Endress, M.E.; Liede-Schumann, S. (2017) Sex, drugs and pupusas: Disentangling relationships in Echiteae (Apocynaceae). Taxon 66 (3): 623-644. https://doi.org/10.12705/663.7

Wikidata ☰ Q514417 entry



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