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453.0000 Family Columelliaceae D.Don; Edinburgh New Philos. J. 6: 46, 49 (1828), nom. cons.
2 genera, 7 spp. neotropical
Species listed in database: 7
= Columellieae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 30 (1829)
= Columellioideae Beilschm.; Flora 16(Beibl. 7): 71, 106 (1833)
= Desfontainiaceae Endl. ex Pfeiff.; Nomencl. Bot. [Pfeiffer] 1: 1037 (1873), nom. cons.
= Desfontainieae G.Don; Gen. Hist. 4: 175, 213 (1837 publ. 1838)
= Desfontainioideae Reveal; Phytoneuron 2012-33: 2 (2012)
453.0002 Genus Desfontainia Ruiz & Pav.; Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 29, t. 5 (1794)
Distribution: Andes from Costa Rica southward to Cape Horn
Species listed in database: 3
= Linkia Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 219 (1805)
species :
Desfontainia fulgens D.Don; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 505 (1837)
Name: Chapico, michai blanco, taique, trautrau [Chile]
Distribution: Argentina (Neuquén, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego); Chile (Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Rios, Los Lagos, Aisén, Magallanes)
85 ARG CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Desfontainia chilensis Gay; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 5: 100 (1849)
= Desfontainia hookeri Dunal; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13(1): 676 (1852), nom. superfl.
= Desfontainia ilicifolia Phil.; Linnaea 29: 25 (1857)
= Desfontainia novemdentata Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60: 25 (1913)
= Desfontainia spinosa f. hookeri Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 [Siebert & Voss], 1: 669 (1894)
= Desfontainia spinosa var. chilensis (Gay) Reiche; Fl. Chile [Reiche] 6: 100 (1911)
= Desfontainia spinosa var. hookeri (Voss) Reiche; Fl. Chile [Reiche] 6: 100 (1911)
= Linkia peruviana Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 219 (1805), nom. superfl.
= Linkia spinosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 3: 449 (1814)
species :
Desfontainia spinosa Ruiz & Pav.; Fl. Peruv. [Ruiz & Pavon] 2: 47 (1799)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Desfontainia splendens Bonpl.; Pl. Aequinoct. [Humboldt & Bonpland] 1: 157 (1807)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Nariño, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda); Venezuela; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
80 COS PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Desfontainia acutangula Dunal; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13(1): 676 (1852)
= Desfontainia costaricensis Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47: 73 (1960)
= Desfontainia obovata Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 312 (1908)
= Desfontainia parvifolia D.Don; Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1831(July-Sept.): 275 (1831)
= Desfontainia plowmanii R.E.Schult.; Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 65: 316 (1989)
= Desfontainia pulchra Moldenke; Phytologia 2: 216 (1947)
= Desfontainia spinosa var. acutangula (Dunal) R.E.Schult.; Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 65: 318 (1989)
= Desfontainia spinosa var. parvifolia (D.Don) Hook.; Icon. Pl. 1: t. 33 (1837)
= Desfontainia steyermarkii Moldenke; Phytologia 2: 217 (1947)
= Linkia splendens (Bonpl.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 3: 449 (1814)
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