Biology:Stenomesson

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Stenomesson
68 Stenomesson miniatum.jpg
Stenomesson miniatum[1]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Tribe: Eucharideae
Genus: Stenomesson
Herb.
Synonyms[2]
  • Chrysiphiala Ker Gawl.
  • Pentlandia Herb.
  • Pucara Ravenna
  • Sphaerotele C.Presl

Stenomesson is a genus of bulbous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. All the species are native to western South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and northern Chile ).[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Etymology

The generic name Stenomesson references the floral morphology. It is composed of the Greek words stenos, meaning narrow, and meso, meaning "in the middle".[9]

Species

(As of August 2023), Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[2]

  • Stenomesson aurantiacum (Kunth) Herb. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • Stenomesson breviflorum Herb. - Peru (Junín, Lima)
  • Stenomesson campanulatum Alan Meerow - Peru (Cajamarca, La Libertad)
  • Stenomesson chilense Ravenna - Chile (Tarapacá)
  • Stenomesson chloranthum Meerow & van der Werff - Peru (Amazonas)
  • Stenomesson ecuadorense Meerow, Oleas & L.Jost
  • Stenomesson flavum (Ruiz & Pav.) Herb. - Peru (Cajamarca, Lima, La Libertad, Pasco)
  • Stenomesson gasteroides Ravenna - Peru
  • Stenomesson korsakoffii (Traub) Meerow – Peru[10]
  • Stenomesson leucanthum (Ravenna) Meerow & van der Werff - Peru (Cajamarca, La Libertad)
  • Stenomesson miniatum (Herb.) Ravenna - Peru (Cajamarca, Apurimac, Cusco), Bolivia (La Paz)
  • Stenomesson moldenkei Traub - Peru (Lima)
  • Stenomesson parvulum Ravenna - Peru (Cajamarca])
  • Stenomesson pauciflorum (Lindl. ex Hook.) Herb. - Peru (Lima)
  • Stenomesson pearcei Baker - Peru (Junín, Puno, Cusco), Bolivia (La Paz)
  • Stenomesson rupense Ravenna - Peru
  • Stenomesson tubiflorum (Meerow) Meerow - Peru
  • Stenomesson vitellinum Lindl. - Peru (Lima)
  • Stenomesson weberbaueri (Vargas) Ravenna - Peru (Cajamarca])
Formerly included[11]

Numerous names have been coined using the name Stenomesson referring to species now regarded as better suited to other genera (Clinanthus, Eucrosia, Ismene and Urceolina).


References

  1. 1839 illustration from Edwards's Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London 25: t. 68 (1839). As Pentlandia miniata var. sulivanica
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Stenomesson Herb.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330467-2. 
  3. "Stenomesson". The Plant List. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Amaryllidaceae/Stenomesson. Retrieved 9 June 2013. 
  4. León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biología 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.
  5. Ravenna, P. 1971. Contributions to South American Amaryllidaceae IV. Plant Life 27: 61–89.
  6. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286
  7. Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744.
  8. Meerow, Alan W. 2000. Phylogeny of the American Amaryllidaceae based on nrDNA ITS sequences Systematic Botany 25(4):708-726
  9. Weber, O., & Wilkin, P. (2007). 588. STENOMESSON PEARCEI: Amaryllidaceae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 24(2), 114-120.
  10. Meerow, Alan W.; Gardner, Elliot M.; Nakamura, Kyoko (2020). "Phylogenomics of the Andean Tetraploid Clade of the American Amaryllidaceae (Subfamily Amaryllidoideae): Unlocking a Polyploid Generic Radiation Abetted by Continental Geodynamics". Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 582422. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.582422. ISSN 1664-462X. PMID 33250911. 
  11. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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