Pseudolmedia
Pseudolmedia is a flowering plant genus in the mulberry family (Moraceae). Species are found in southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Meso- and South America.[2] They are known in Latin America as lechechiva (approximately "goat's milk tree") and used for timber, construction wood, and sometimes in folk medicine.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Moraceae |
Tribe: | Castilleae |
Genus: | Pseudolmedia Trécul[1] |
Species | |
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Selected species
- Pseudolmedia ferruginea (Poepp. & Endl.) Trécul (type)[1] *
- Pseudolmedia gentryi C.C.Berg
- Pseudolmedia glabrata (Liebm.) C.C.Berg, called cherry[3]
- Pseudolmedia havanensis Trécul (type)[1] *
- Pseudolmedia hirtula Kuhlm.
- Pseudolmedia laevigata Trécul
- Pseudolmedia laevis (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F.Macbr.
- Pseudolmedia macrophylla Trécul
- Pseudolmedia manabiensis C.C.Berg
- Pseudolmedia mollis Standl.
- Pseudolmedia rigida (Klotzsch & H.Karst.) Cuatrec.
- Pseudolmedia spuria (Sw.) Griseb.
* Note: Despite having been designated as types for this genus, The Plant List considers P. ferruginea to be a synonym of P. laevis;[6] and P. havanensis to be a synonym of P. spuria.[7]
References
- The genus Pseudolmedia was first described and published in Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 3 8: 129. 1847.: later, as no type had been designated by the genus authority, two lectotypes (P. ferruginea and P. havanensis) were designated as types. "Name - Pseudolmedia Trécul". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT). Retrieved December 30, 2012.
Type Specimens: LT: Pseudolmedia ferruginea (Poepp. & Endl.) Trécul; LT: Pseudolmedia havanensis Trécul
- "Name - Pseudolmedia Trécul distribution map". Tropicos. MOBOT. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- "Pseudolmedia glabrata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- GRIN. "Species in GRIN for genus Pseudolmedia". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- "TPL, treatment of Pseudolmedia". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and MOBOT. 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- "TPL, treatment of Pseudolmedia ferruginea". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and MOBOT. 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- "TPL, treatment of Pseudolmedia havanensis". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and MOBOT. 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
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