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424.0000 Family Primulaceae Batsch ex Borkh.; Bot. Wörterb. 2: 240 (1797), nom. cons.
60 genera, ca. 3150 spp. The family had been split up in the recent past, but was recombined and treated sensu lato in APG III (2009)
Species listed in database: 3307; hybrids: 68
= Aegicerataceae Blume; Nov. Pl. Expos. 17 (1833)
= Anagallidaceae Batsch ex Borkh.; Bot. Wörterb. 1: 19 (1797)
= Ardisiaceae Juss.; Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 15: 350 (1810)
= Coridaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 332 (1858)
= Embeliaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 140 (1858)
= Hottoniaceae Döll; Fl. Baden [Döll] 2: 641. med (1858)
= Lysimachiaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 95 (1789), Family
= Maesaceae (A.DC.) Anderb., Stahl & Källersjö; Taxon 49: 185 (2000), Family
= Myrsinaceae R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 532 (1810), nom. cons., Family
= Samolaceae Raf.; Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5: 349 (1820)
= Theophrastaceae G.Don; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 21: ad t. 1764 (1835), nom. cons.
424.2204 Genus Jacquinia L.; Fl. Jamaic. [Linnaeus] 27 (1759)
Distribution: Cuba and West Indies, 1 to Brazil, 1 to Florida
Species listed in database: 19
= Xylocyste P.Browne; Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 372 (1756)
= Xystris Schreb.; Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a], 1: 138 (1789)
species :
Jacquinia aculeata (L.) Mez; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 444 (1901)
Name: Espuela de caballero, Estrella, Manajucillo, Rosetillo, Tarrito (Cuba), Palo de cruz (Dominican Republic)
Distribution: Cuba; Hispaniola; St. Vincent [I]
81 CUB HIS stv
Synonyms: hidden
= Jacquinia eggersii Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 1: 380 (1899)
= Jacquinia eggersii var. intermedia Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 1: 380 (1899)
= Jacquinia linearis Jacq.; Enum. Syst. Pl. 15 (1760)
= Jacquinia polyphlebia Urb. & Ekman; Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 79 (1929)
= Jacquinia ruscifolia Jacq.; Enum. Syst. Pl. 15 (1760)
= Jacquinia verticillaris Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 9: 409 (1925)
= Medeola aculeata L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 339 (1753)
species :
Jacquinia acunana Borhidi & O.Muñiz; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17(1-2): 21 (1971 publ. 1972)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Jacquinia arborea Vahl; Eclog. Amer. 1: 26 (1797)
Name: Braceletwood; Azucares, Barbasco (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: USA (Florida); Mexico (Quintana Roo); Honduras; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Saba; Montserrat; St. Lucia; Barbados; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao
78 USA 79 MEX 80 HON 81 ARU BBD BON CUR HIS JAM MTS PUE SAB STL VIR
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysophyllum barbasco Loefl. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 149 (1844)
= Jacquinia armillaris var. arborea (Vahl) Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 397 (1861)
= Jacquinia barbasco (Loefl.) Mez; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.236a, Heft 15 (Theophrast.): 32 (1903), nom. illeg.
= Jacquinia berteroi var. venosa Mez; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 4421 (1901)
species :
Jacquinia armillaris Jacq.; Enum. Syst. Pl. 15 (1760)
Name: Torchwood (Trinidad & Tobago)
Distribution: Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; Saba; St. Eustatius; St. Kitts; Antigua; Barbuda; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia (Atlántico, Bolívar, La Guajira, Magdalena); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Bolívar, Carabobo, Falcon, Lara, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Zulia); NE-Brazil (Piauí, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas); SE-Brazil (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
81 ABA AGU BBD DOM GDL GRE MAR MTS SAB SBA STE STK STL STM STV TRT 82 CLM VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Jacquinia brasiliensis Mez; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.236a, Heft 15 (Theophrast.): 35 (1903)
= Jacquinia mucronulata S.F.Blake; Contr. Gray Herb. 53: 45 (1918)
= Jacquinia revoluta Jacq.; Fragm. [Mueller] 64 (1807)
species :
Jacquinia berteroi Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 668 (1825)
Name: Espuela de caballero, Espuela de caballero del pinar (Cuba), Bois bande, Bois cassave (Haiti), Bois casse-cou, Bois de bouis, Casse-cou (Lesser Antilles)
Distribution: Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; Antigua; Marie-Galante
81 ABA AGU BAH CAY CUB GDL HIS PUE SBA STM TCI VIR
Synonyms: hidden
= Jacquinia berteroi subsp. acutifolia (Griseb.) Borhidi; Bot. Közlem. 58(3): 176 (1971)
= Jacquinia berteroi subsp. portoricensis (Urb.) Borhidi; Bot. Közlem. 58(3): 176 (1971)
= Jacquinia berteroi var. acutifolia Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 163 (1866)
= Jacquinia berteroi var. angustior Urb.; Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 78 (1928)
= Jacquinia berteroi var. cubensis Kitan.; Fitologiya 11: 49 (1979)
= Jacquinia berteroi var. nana Correll; J. Arnold Arbor. 60(1): 159 (1979)
= Jacquinia berteroi var. portoricensis Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 1: 377 (1899)
= Jacquinia berteroi var. retusa Urb., Ark.Bot.22A(8): 78.1928
= Jacquinia maisiana Borhidi & O.Muñiz; Pl. Syst. Evol. 129(1-2): 4 (1978)
= Jacquinia sphaeroidea Urb.; Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 78 (1929)
= Jacquinia yunquensis Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 9: 408 (1925)
species :
Jacquinia clarendonensis Stearn; Nordic J. Bot. 12(2): 236 (1992)
Distribution: Jamaica
81 JAM
species :
Jacquinia comosa Urb. & Ekman; Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 80 (1929)
Name: Miramar (Dominican Republic)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
81 HIS
species :
Jacquinia cristalensis Lepper & J.E.Gut.; Willdenowia 41(2): 278 (2011)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Jacquinia curvata Lepper & J.E.Gut.; Willdenowia 41(2): 280 (2011)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Jacquinia dichotoma Urb.; Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 80 (1929)
Distribution: NW-Hispaniola (Haiti)
81 HIS
Conservation Status: Known only from the type, perhaps extinct
species :
Jacquinia incrustata Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 1: 377 (1899)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic)
81 HIS
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Jacquinia keyensis Mez; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 2: 444 (1901)
Name: Ironwood, Joe-bush, Joe-wood (Bahamas), Vacabuey de costa, Hueso (Cuba)
Distribution: USA (Florida); Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti)
78 USA 81 BAH CUB HIS JAM TCI
Synonyms: hidden
= Jacquinia keyensis var. minutifolia Correll; J. Arnold Arbor. 60(1): 159 (1979)
species :
Jacquinia macrantha Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 455 (1908)
Distribution: Jamaica
81 JAM
species :
Jacquinia morenoana Cast.-Campos & M.E.Medina; Novon 8(2): 129 (1998)
Distribution: Mexico (Puebla, Veracruz)
79 MEX
species :
Jacquinia obovata Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 9: 408 (1925)
subspecies :
subsp. obovata
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
subspecies :
subsp. evenulosa (Lepper & J.E.Gut.) J.E.Gut.; Cat. Plantas de Cuba 1065 (2024)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Jacquinia obovata var. evenulosa Lepper & J.E.Gut.; Fl. Rep. Cuba, Ser. A, Pl. Vasc. Pl. Vasc. 19(3): 17 (2014)
species :
Jacquinia proctorii Stearn; Nordic J. Bot. 12(2): 234 (1992)
Distribution: Cayman Isl.; Jamaica
81 CAY JAM
species :
Jacquinia roigii P.Wilson; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 48: 342 (1921 publ. 1922)
Distribution: E-Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Jacquinia sessiliflora Alain; Revista Soc. Cub. Bot. 13: 7 (1956)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Jacquinia toldensis Lepper & J.E.Gut.; Willdenowia 41(2): 282 (2011)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
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