Picramnia
Encyclopedia
Picramnia is a genus of plant
considered to be in the family Picramniaceae
, but sometimes placed in Simaroubaceae
. The name is conserved
against the genera Pseudo-brasilium Adans.
, and Tariri Aubl.
, both which have been rejected (nomen rejiciendum).
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
considered to be in the family Picramniaceae
Picramniaceae
The Picramniales are a small, mainly neotropical order of plants containing one family, the Picramniaceae, and three genera Alvaradoa, Nothotalisia and Picramnia. Members of the order were formerly placed in the family Simaroubaceae or misidentified as species in the family Sapindaceae, in the...
, but sometimes placed in Simaroubaceae
Simaroubaceae
The Simaroubaceae is a small, mostly tropical, family in the order Sapindales. In recent decades it has been subject to much taxonomic debate, with several small families being split off...
. The name is conserved
Conserved name
A conserved name or nomen conservandum is a scientific name that has specific nomenclatural protection. Nomen conservandum is a Latin term, meaning a "name which should be conserved"...
against the genera Pseudo-brasilium Adans.
Michel Adanson
Michel Adanson was a French naturalist of Scottish descent.Adanson was born at Aix-en-Provence. His family moved to Paris on 1730. After leaving the College Sainte Barbe he was employed in the cabinets of R. A. F. Reaumur and Bernard de Jussieu, as well as in the Jardin des Plantes. At the end of...
, and Tariri Aubl.
Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet
Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet was a French pharmacist, botanist and explorer.Born in Salon-de-Provence, he joined the French East India Company and in 1752 was sent to Mauritius to establish a pharmacy and a botanical garden. He worked there for nine years...
, both which have been rejected (nomen rejiciendum).
Selected species
- P. acreana Ule
- P. andrade-limae Pirani
- P. antidesma Sw.
- P. antidesmoides Griseb.
- P. apetala Tul.
- P. bahiensis Turcz.
- P. brasiliensis Linden
- P. bullataPicramnia bullataPicramnia bullata is a species of plant in the Picramnia family, that is only known from its type specimen, which was collected from Loreto Province in Peru. It grows naturally in Amazon basin rainforest....
W.W.Thomas - P. campestris Rizzini & Occhioni
- P. caracasana Engl.
- P. ciliata Mart.
- P. coccinea W.W.Thomas
- P. connarioides Tul.
- P. deflexa W.W.Thomas
- P. dictyoneura (Urb.) Urb. & Ekman
- P. dolichobotrya Diels
- P. domingensis Urb.
- P. elliptica Kuhlm. ex Pirani & W.W.Thomas
- P. emarginata Urb. & Ekman
- P. excelsa Kuhlm. ex Pirani
- P. ferrea Pirani & W.W.Thomas
- P. filipetala Turcz.
- P. gardneri Planch.
- P. glazioviana Engl.
- P. gracilis Tul.
- P. grandifolia Engl.
- P. guerrerensis W.W.Thomas
- P. guianensis (Aubl.) Jans.-Jac.
- P. hirsuta W.W.Thomas
- P. juniniana J.F.Macbr.
- P. killipii J.F.Macbr.
- P. latifolia Tul.
- P. longifolia Standl.
- P. macrocarpa Urb. & Ekman
- P. macrostachya Engl.
- P. magnifolia J.F.Macbr.
- P. martiana Engl.
- P. mexicana Brandegee
- P. monochlamydea Occhioni & Rizzini
- P. nitida Engl.
- P. nuriensis Steyerm.
- P. oocarpa Engl.
- P. oreadica Pirani
- P. parvifoliaPicramnia parvifoliaPicramnia parvifolia, the Cedrinho, is a tree species that occurs in Brazil , in the regions Sudeste and Sul , and in Paraguay .-External links:* from tropicos.org...
Engl. - P. pentandra Sw.
- P. peruviana Engl.
- P. polyantha (Benth.) Planch.
- P. ramiflora Planch.
- P. regnellii Engl.
- P. reticulata Griseb.
- P. riedelii Regel & Rach
- P. sellowii Planch.
- P. sphaerocarpa Planch.
- P. spruceana Engl.
- P. teapensis Tul.
- P. tetramera Turcz.
- P. tumbesina Cornejo
- P. villosa Rusby
- P. warmingiana Engl.
- P. xalapensis Planch.
- P. zanthoxyloides Kunth
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See also
- Gumillea, for more information on this synonym of Picramnia.