Common Names
Common Names in English:
Bell Flower, Bellflower, Glorious Flower of Cuba, White Horse Flower
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Flowering Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Rubiales
()
- Family:
Pyraloidea
()
- Genus:
Posoqueria
()
- Specific epithet:
coriacea
- (Asch. & Graebn.) Kotov
- Subspecies:
coriacea
- Botanical name: - Posoqueria coriacea coriacea (Asch. & Graebn.) Kotov
- Subspecies:
coriacea
- Specific epithet:
coriacea
- (Asch. & Graebn.) Kotov
- Genus:
Posoqueria
(
- Family:
Pyraloidea
(
- Order:
Rubiales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Posoqueria coriacea Mart. & Galeotti
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003
Place of publication
: Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:928. 1759
Name verified on 14-Feb-2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-Apr-2007
Similar Species
Members of the genus Posoqueria
There are approximately 32 species in this genus:
P. acutifolia · P. bahiensis · P. coriacea · P. coriacea coriacea (Bell Flower) · P. coriacea f. huilensis · P. coriacea formosa · P. coriacea subsp. formosa · P. coriacea subsp. maxima · P. densiflora · P. fragrantissima · P. grandiflora · P. havanensis · P. latifolia (Needle-Flower Tree) · P. latifolia gracilis · P. latifolia subsp. gracilis · P. laurifolia · P. longiflora (Jazmin De Embarcadero) · P. longifolia · P. macrantha · P. macropus · P. palustris · P. panamensis · P. panamensis grandiflora · P. platysiphonia · P. sp. · P. tarairensis · P. trifida · P. trinitatis · P. velutina · P. versicolor · P. verslcolor · P. williamsii
Bibliography
- Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
- Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
- Andersson, L. 1992. A provisional checklist of neotropical Rubiaceae. Scripta Botanica 1. (L Rubiaceae Neotrop)
- The Nature Conservancy. 1996. Natural Heritage Central Database. (Status and distribution data on Latin American plants, developed in collaboration with Latin American Conservation Data Centers and Missouri Botanical Garden).
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed August 14, 2008.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 02, 2008)
- World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3429954
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-163563
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14300011
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3510278
