Vismia

Genus of flowering plants

Vismia
Vismia baccifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Hypericaceae
Tribe: Vismieae
Genus: Vismia
Vand.
Synonyms[1]
  • Acrossanthes C.Presl
  • Caopia Adans.

Vismia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae.[1] Members of the genus are small trees and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical areas of Central America and South America.[2] Including the countries of Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago and Venezuela.[1]

Like many members of the Hypericaceae, these plants contain xanthonoids.

The genus name of Vismia is in honour of Gérard de Visme (c. 1725 – c. 1797), a French and English merchant in Lisbon, Portugal.[3] It was first described and published in Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec. on page 51 in 1788.[1]

Known species

Plants of the World Online accepts 48 species;[1]

  • Vismia affinis Oliv.
  • Vismia atlantica L.Marinho & M.V.Martins
  • Vismia baccifera (L.) Planch. & Triana
  • Vismia bemerguii M.E.Berg
  • Vismia billbergiana Beurl.
  • Vismia brasiliensis Choisy
  • Vismia camparaguey Sprague & L.Riley
  • Vismia cauliflora A.C.Sm.
  • Vismia cavalcantei Van den Berg
  • Vismia cavanillesiana Cuatrec.
  • Vismia cayennensis (Jacq.) Pers.
  • Vismia confertiflora Spruce ex Reichardt
  • Vismia corymbosa A.Chev.
  • Vismia crassa (Rusby) S.F.Blake
  • Vismia cuatrecasasii Ewan
  • Vismia ferruginea Kunth
  • Vismia floribunda Sprague
  • Vismia glabra Ruiz & Pav.
  • Vismia gracilis Hieron.
  • Vismia guianensis (Aubl.) Pers.
  • Vismia guineensis (L.) Choisy
  • Vismia japurensis Rchb.f.
  • Vismia jefensis N.Robson
  • Vismia laevis Planch. & Triana
  • Vismia lateriflora Ducke
  • Vismia latifolia (Aubl.) Choisy
  • Vismia latisepala N.Robson
  • Vismia laurentii De Wild.
  • Vismia lauriformis (Lam.) Choisy
  • Vismia laxiflora Rchb.f.
  • Vismia lindeniana Decne. ex Turcz.
  • Vismia macrophylla Kunth
  • Vismia magnoliifolia Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Vismia mandurr Hieron.
  • Vismia martiana Rchb.f.
  • Vismia micrantha A.St.-Hil.
  • Vismia minutiflora Ewan
  • Vismia obtusa Spruce ex Reichardt
  • Vismia orientalis Engl.
  • Vismia parviflora Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Vismia pauciflora Milne-Redh.
  • Vismia pentagyna (Spreng.) Ewan
  • Vismia plicatifolia Hochr.
  • Vismia pozuzoensis Engl.
  • Vismia ramuliflora Miq.
  • Vismia rubescens Oliv.
  • Vismia rufa Cuatrec.
  • Vismia rusbyi Ewan
  • Vismia sandwithii Ewan
  • Vismia sessilifolia (Aubl.) Choisy
  • Vismia sprucei Sprague
  • Vismia steyermarkii N.Robson
  • Vismia tenuinervia (M.E.Berg) N.Robson
  • Vismia tomentosa Rui
  • Vismia torrei Mendes
  • Vismia guianensis
    Vismia guianensis
  • Vismia ferruginea
    Vismia ferruginea

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Vismia Vand". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  2. ^ Hussain, Hidayat; Hussain, Javid; Al-Harrasi, Ahmed; Saleem, Muhammad; Green, Ivan R.; van Ree, Teunis; Ghulam, Abbas (11 September 2012). "Chemistry and biology of genus Vismia". Pharmaceutical Biology. 50 (11): 1448–1462. doi:10.3109/13880209.2012.680972. PMID 22881063.
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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