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312.0000 Family Apodanthaceae Tiegh. ex Takht.; Sist. Magnoliof. 42 (1987)
2 genera, 12 spp. Revision: Bellot & Renner 2014.
Species listed in database: 12
= Apodantheae R.Br.; Female Fl. Fruit Rafflesia Arnoldi 26 (1844)
= Apodanthoideae Walp.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 3: 514 (1852)
312.0002 Genus Pilostyles Guill.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 2, 2: 21 (1834)
Distribution: neotropical to S-USA (5), 1 Asia Minor, 1 tropical Africa, 3 W-Australia
Species listed in database: 11
= Berlinianche (Harms) Vattimo; Taxon 4: 211 (1955)
= Frostia Bertero ex Guill.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 2, 2: 19 (1834)
= Sarna H.Karst.; Linnaea 28: 414 (1857)
species :
Pilostyles aethiopica Welw.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 67 (1869)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Tanzania; SW-Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
23 BUR RWA ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Berlinianche aethiopica (Welw.) Vattimo-Gil; Taxon 4: 212 (1955), nomen
= Berlinianche holtzii (Engl.) Vattimo-Gil; Taxon 4: 212 (1955), nomen
= Pilostyles holtzii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 293 (1911)
species :
Pilostyles berteroi Guill.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 2, 2: 21, t. 1 (1834)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chubut, Jujuy, Mendoza, Santa Cruz, San Juan); Chile (Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, Ñuble)
83 BOL 85 ARG CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthes berteroi (Guill.) Gardner; Icon. Pl. 7: t. 655 (1844)
= Frostia berteroi (Gardner) H.Karst.; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 26: 922 (1858 publ. 1859)
= Frostia parasitica Bertero ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 649 (1841)
species :
Pilostyles blanchetii (Gardner) R.Br.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 19: 247 (1845)
Distribution: Mexico (Michoacán); Costa Rica; Panama; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Colombia (Amazonas, Cauca, Chocó, Norte de Santander); Venezuela (Aragua, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Tachira); Bolivia (Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Amazonas); WC-Brazil (Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); NE-Brazil (Piauí, Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais); S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina); Uruguay (Artigas, Salto); Argentina (Entre Rios)
79 MEX 80 COS PAN 81 CAY JAM 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthes blanchetii Gardner; Icon. Pl. 7: t. 655 b (1844)
= Apodanthes calliandrae Gardner; Icon. Pl. 7: t. 644 (1844)
= Apodanthes globosa S.Watson ex Rob.; Bot. Gaz. 16: 83 (1891)
= Frostia blanchetii (Gardner) H.Karst.; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 26: 922 (1858 publ. 1859)
= Frostia calliandrae (Gardner) H.Karst.; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 26: 921 (1858 publ. 1859)
= Pilostyles calliandrae (Gardner) R.Br.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 19: 247 (1845)
= Pilostyles caulotreti (H.Karst.) Hook.f.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 17: 116 (1873)
= Pilostyles galactiae Ule; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 292 (1915)
= Pilostyles globosa (S.Watson ex B.L.Rob.) Hemsl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 311 (1896)
= Pilostyles globosa var. caymanensis Proctor; Fl. Cayman Islands 428 (2012)
= Pilostyles goyazensis Ule; Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 33: 475 (1915)
= Pilostyles ingae (H.Karst.) Hook.f.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 17: 116 (1873)
= Pilostyles stawiarskii Vattimo-Gil; Revista Brasil. Biol. 10: 196 (1950)
= Pilostyles ulei Solms; Organogr. Pfl. 2(2): 434, fig. 292 (1900)
= Sarna caulotreti H.Karst.; Linnaea 28: 415 (1856)
= Sarna ingae H.Karst.; Linnaea 28: 415 (1856)
species :
Pilostyles boyacensis F.González & Pabón-Mora; Phytotaxa 178(2): 139 (2014)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá)
82 CLM
species :
Pilostyles coccoidea K.R.Thiele; Nuytsia 18: 281 (2008)
Distribution: Australia (W-Western Australia: N of Perth to Jurien Bay)
50 AUS
species :
Pilostyles collina B.Dell; Nuytsia 4(3): 293 (1983)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Stirling Range and Fitzgerald Peaks)
50 AUS
species :
Pilostyles hamiltonii C.A.Gardner; J. Roy. Soc. Western Australia 32: 77 (1948)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: from Eneabba to Busselton)
50 AUS
species :
Pilostyles haussknechtii Boiss.; Biblioth. Universelle Rev. Suisse 25: 259 (1866)
Distribution: Iran (EC-Iran, SW-Iran)
34 IRN
species :
Pilostyles maya P.Ortega, Gonz.-Martínez & S.Vázquez; Phytotaxa 440(4): 258 (2020)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche)
79 MEX
species :
Pilostyles mexicana (Brandegee) Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 264 (1909)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Michoacán, Quintana Roo, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras
79 MEX 80 ELS GUA HON
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthes mexicana Brandegee; Zoë 5: 245 (1908)
species :
Pilostyles thurberi A.Gray; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 5: 326 (1855)
Name: Thurber´s stemsucker
Distribution: USA (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthes pringlei S.Watson ex B.L.Rob.; Bot. Gaz. 16: 83 (1891)
= Pilostyles covillei Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 263 (1909)
= Pilostyles glomerata Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 263 (1909)
= Pilostyles palmeri Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 264 (1909)
= Pilostyles pringlei (S.Watson ex B.L.Rob.) Hemsl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 311 (1896)
= Pilostyles pringlei (S.Watson) Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 264 (1909)
= Pilostyles sessilis Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 264 (1909)
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