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Dalechampia dioscoreifolia

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Dalechampia dioscoreifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Dalechampia
Species:
D. dioscoreifolia
Binomial name
Dalechampia dioscoreifolia
Poepp. 1841 not Pulle 1906

Dalechampia dioscoreifolia is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1841.[1][2] It is native to Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama) and northern and western South America (Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, northern Brazil, Bolivia, and possibly Ecuador).[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

The true D. dioscoreifolia, photo taken in Costa Rica by WS Armbruster
Photo of Dalechampia aristolochiifolia, which is often misidentified as D. dioscoreifolia

References

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  1. ^ Poeppig, Eduard Friedrich & Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1841. Nova genera ac species plantarum, quas in regno Chilensi Peruviano et in terra Amazonica 3: 20 in Latin
  2. ^ Tropicos, Dalechampia dioscoreifolia Poepp.
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666.
  5. ^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  6. ^ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  7. ^ Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286
  8. ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "2010". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  9. ^ Webster, G. L. & W. S. Armbruster. 1991. A synopsis of the neotropical species of Dalechampia (Euphorbiaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 105(2): 137–177.