Macropharynx

Macropharynx is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1927. It is native to South America and Central America.[2]

Macropharynx
Macropharynx peltata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Echiteae
Genus: Macropharynx
Rusby (1927)
Synonyms[1]

Peltastes Woodson (1932)

Based on a phylogenetic analysis, the genus Peltastes was merged into Macropharynx in 2017.[3]

Species

14 species are currently accepted:[1]

  • Macropharynx abnorma J.F.Morales, M.E.Endress & Liede – northern Peru
  • Macropharynx anomala Woodson – Ecuador
  • Macropharynx colombiana (Woodson) J.F.Morales, M.E.Endress & Liede – northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela
  • Macropharynx conflictiva (J.F.Morales) J.F.Morales, M.E.Endress & Liede – northern Peru
  • Macropharynx gigantea (Woodson) J.F.Morales, M.E.Endress & Liede – Peru and northern Bolivia
  • Macropharynx isthmica (Woodson) J.F.Morales, M.E.Endress & Liede – Costa Rica to northwestern Venezuela
  • Macropharynx meyeri (C.Ezcurra) Xifreda – northwestern Argentina
  • Macropharynx peltata (Vell.) J.F.Morales, M.E.Endress & Liede – northeastern Brazil to northern Argentina
  • Macropharynx peruviana (Woodson) J.F.Morales, M.E.Endress & Liede – Peru
  • Macropharynx pulchra (Miers) J.F.Morales, M.E.Endress & Liede – eastern Brazil
  • Macropharynx renteriae A.H.Gentry – Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia, and Ecuador
  • Macropharynx spectabilis (Stadelm.) Woodson – Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, northwestern Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador
  • Macropharynx steyermarkii (Markgr.) J.F.Morales – northwestern Venezuela
  • Macropharynx venusta (J.F.Morales) J.F.Morales, M.E.Endress & Liede – Ecuador

References

  1. Macropharynx Rusby. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Morales, J.F., Endress, M.E. and Liede-Schumann, S. (2017), Sex, drugs and pupusas: Disentangling relationships in Echiteae (Apocynaceae). Taxon, 66: 623-644. https://doi.org/10.12705/663.7
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