Schlegelia is a group of plants described as a genus in 1844.[1][2] The genus is named after the German anatomist and physician Paul Marquard Schlegel.

Schlegelia is native to tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere from southern Mexico and the West Indies to southern Brazil.[3]

Species[3]
  1. Schlegelia aurea - Brazil (Amazonas)
  2. Schlegelia axillaris - Jamaica, Lesser Antilles
  3. Schlegelia brachyantha - Greater Antilles, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Panama
  4. Schlegelia cauliflora - Loreto
  5. Schlegelia chocoensis - Colombia, Ecuador
  6. Schlegelia darienensis - Colombia, Ecuador
  7. Schlegelia dressleri - Panama, Ecuador
  8. Schlegelia fastigiata - Colombia, Ecuador, Central America
  9. Schlegelia fuscata - Colombia, Ecuador, Central America, French Guiana
  10. Schlegelia hirsuta - Colombia
  11. Schlegelia macrocarpa - Guatemala
  12. Schlegelia macrophylla - French Guiana, Peru
  13. Schlegelia monachinoi - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
  14. Schlegelia nicaraguensis - Central America, Veracruz
  15. Schlegelia pandurata - Colombia, Ecuador
  16. Schlegelia paraensis - French Guiana, Suriname, Pará
  17. Schlegelia parasitica - Jamaica
  18. Schlegelia parviflora - from Belize to S Brazil
  19. Schlegelia roseiflora - French Guiana, Peru
  20. Schlegelia scandens - northern South America
  21. Schlegelia spruceana - Guyana, Venezuela, N Brazil
  22. Schlegelia sulphurea - Colombia, Ecuador
  23. Schlegelia violacea - northern South America

References

  1. ^ Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1844. Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 2(46): 785-789 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  2. ^ Tropicos, Schlegelia Miq.
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlegelia
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