Pseudolmedia
| Pseudolmedia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Tribe: | Castilleae |
| Genus: | Pseudolmedia Trécul (1847)[1] |
| Species[2] | |
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11; see text | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Olmediopsis H.Karst. (1862) | |
Pseudolmedia is a flowering plant genus in the mulberry family (Moraceae). Species are found in southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Meso- and South America.[3] They are known in Latin America as lechechiva (approximately "goat's milk tree")[citation needed] and used for timber, construction wood, and sometimes in folk medicine.[citation needed]
Species
[edit]11 species are accepted.[2]
- Pseudolmedia boliviana C.C.Berg & Villav.
- Pseudolmedia gentryi C.C.Berg
- Pseudolmedia glabrata (Liebm.) C.C.Berg, called cherry[4]
- Pseudolmedia hirtula Kuhlm.
- Pseudolmedia laevigata Trécul
- Pseudolmedia laevis (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F.Macbr. (synonym Pseudolmedia ferruginea (Poepp. & Endl.) Trécul (type)[1] *)
- Pseudolmedia macrophylla Trécul
- Pseudolmedia manabiensis C.C.Berg
- Pseudolmedia mollis Standl.
- Pseudolmedia rigida (Klotzsch & H.Karst.) Cuatrec.
- Pseudolmedia spuria (Sw.) Griseb. (synonym Pseudolmedia havanensis Trécul (type)[1] *)
* Note: Despite having been designated as types for this genus, The Plant List and Plants of the World Online consider P. ferruginea to be a synonym of P. laevis;[5] and P. havanensis to be a synonym of P. spuria.[6][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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
- ^ a b c d Pseudolmedia Trécul. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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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