Pinochia corymbosa

Pinochia corymbosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Greater Antilles (Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico).[1] It was first described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1760 as Echites corymbosus.[2]

Pinochia corymbosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Pinochia
Species:
P. corymbosa
Binomial name
Pinochia corymbosa
(Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen[1]
Subspecies

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Echites corymbosus Jacq.
  • Forsteronia corymbosa (Jacq.) G.Mey.
  • Parsonsia corymbosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Steud.
  • Thyrsanthus corymbosus (Jacq.) Miers

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:[1]

  • Pinochia corymbosa subsp. corymbosa
  • Pinochia corymbosa subsp. portoricensis (Woodson) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen

Pinochia corymbosa subsp. portoricensis, synonym Forsteronia portoricensis,[3] is endemic to Puerto Rico, and typically grows in moist regions of woods, thickets, or forests. It can reach a maximum length of 7 m (23 ft), and produces a large quantity of red flowers.[4]

References
  1. "Pinochia corymbosa (Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  2. "Pinochia corymbosa (Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  3. "Forsteronia portoricensis Woodson", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-06-20
  4. Liogier, Alain H. & Liogier, Henri Alain (1995), "Forsteronia portoricensis", Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: Spermatophyta - Dicotyledoneae. Melastomataceae to Lentibulariaceae, La Editorial, p. 209, ISBN 978-0-8477-2337-9, retrieved 2023-06-20


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