Forsteronia

Forsteronia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1818. It is native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies.[1]

Species[1]
  1. Forsteronia acouci (Aubl.) A.DC. - S Mexico to Peru
  2. Forsteronia adenobasis Müll.Arg. - SE Venezuela, Guianas
  3. Forsteronia affinis Müll.Arg. - NW South America
  4. Forsteronia amazonica Monach. - NW Brazil
  5. Forsteronia amblybasis S.F.Blake - Peru, Bolivia
  6. Forsteronia apurensis Markgr. - Venezuela
  7. Forsteronia australis Müll.Arg. - Brazil
  8. Forsteronia brevifolia Markgr. - NW Brazil, NE Peru
  9. Forsteronia chiriquensis Woodson - Panama, Colombia
  10. Forsteronia cordata (Müll.Arg.) Woodson - SE Brazil
  11. Forsteronia × correntina C.Ezcurra & Tressens - NE Argentina
  12. Forsteronia diospyrifolia Müll.Arg. - SE Venezuela, Guyana
  13. Forsteronia domatiella Proctor - Jamaica
  14. Forsteronia duckei Markgr. - SE Colombia, Guyana, NW Brazil
  15. Forsteronia elachista S.F.Blake - NE Colombia, NW Venezuela
  16. Forsteronia glabrescens Müll.Arg. - S South America
  17. Forsteronia gracilis (Benth.) Müll.Arg. - N South America
  18. Forsteronia graciloides Woodson - Colombia, Peru
  19. Forsteronia guyanensis Müll.Arg. - N South America
  20. Forsteronia laurifolia (Benth.) A.DC. - Amazon Basin
  21. Forsteronia leptocarpa (Hook. & Arn.) A.DC. - Brazil
  22. Forsteronia linearis (Vell.) Müll.Arg. - SE Brazil
  23. Forsteronia lucida Markgr. - Amazon Basin
  24. Forsteronia manausana B.F.Hansen - Amazonas State in Brazil
  25. Forsteronia mollis Rusby - Bolivia
  26. Forsteronia montana Müll.Arg. - E Brazil
  27. Forsteronia myriantha Donn.Sm. - S Mexico to Bolivia
  28. Forsteronia nitida B.F.Hansen - E Brazil
  29. Forsteronia obtusiloba Müll.Arg. - Venezuela, Suriname
  30. Forsteronia paludosa Woodson - Pará, Mato Grosso
  31. Forsteronia paraensis B.F.Hansen - Suriname, Pará
  32. Forsteronia pilosa (Vell.) Müll.Arg. - E Brazil
  33. Forsteronia prancei B.F.Hansen - Brazil (Roraima)
  34. Forsteronia pubescens A.DC. - SC South America
  35. Forsteronia pycnothyrsus K. Schum. ex Woodson - Ecuador
  36. Forsteronia refracta Müll.Arg. - Venezuela to NE Argentina
  37. Forsteronia rufa Müll.Arg. - Brazil
  38. Forsteronia schomburgkii A.DC. - Guyana
  39. Forsteronia simulans Woodson - Colombia
  40. Forsteronia spicata (Jacq.) G.Mey. - Mexico to Venezuela, Cuba
  41. Forsteronia subcordata K.Schum. ex Woodson - Ecuador, Peru
  42. Forsteronia tarapotensis K.Schum. ex Woodson - Amazon Basin
  43. Forsteronia thyrsoidea (Vell.) Müll.Arg. - SC South America
  44. Forsteronia umbellata (Aubl.) Woodson - NE South America
  45. Forsteronia vellozoana (A.DC.) Woodson - Brazil
  46. Forsteronia wilsonii (Griseb.) Woodson - Jamaica

Forsteronia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Mesechiteae
Genus: Forsteronia
G.Mey.[1][2]
Synonyms[1]
  • Anabata Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Aptotheca Miers
  • Syringosma Mart. ex Rchb.
  • Thyrsanthus Benth.

Formerly included in Forsteronia but transferred to Pinochia in 2007:[3]

  • Forsteronia corymbosa (Jacq.) G.Mey. = Pinochia corymbosa (Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
  • Forsteronia floribunda (Sw.) A.DC. = Pinochia floribunda (Sw.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
  • Forsteronia monteverdensis J.F.Morales = Pinochia monteverdensis (J.F.Morales) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
  • Forsteronia peninsularis Woodson = Pinochia peninsularis (Woodson) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
  • Forsteronia portoricensis Woodson = Pinochia corymbosa subsp. portoricensis (Woodson) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen

References
  1. "Forsteronia G.Mey." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  2. Meyer, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm. 1818. Primitiae Florae Essequeboensis 133–134
  3. Endress, M. E. & B. F. Hansen. 2007. Pinochia, a new genus of Apocynaceae, Apocynoideae from the Greater Antilles, Mexico and Central America. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 64(2): 269–274.


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