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]
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
- ^ a b Macropharynx Rusby. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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