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397.0000 Family Nyctaginaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 90 (1789), nom. cons.
32 genera, ca. 440 spp. Phylogeny: Douglas & Spellenberg (2010)
Species listed in database: 460; hybrids: 3
= Allioniaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 68 (1834)
= Bougainvilleaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 364 (1858)
= Mirabilidaceae D.L.Fu; Amer. J. Agric. Forest. 12(5): 352 (2024), nom. illeg.
= Mirabilidaceae W.R.B.Oliv.; Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 66: 294 (1936)
= Pisoniaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 363 (1858)
397.0508 Genus Pisonia L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1026 (1753)
Distribution: New World, mostly neotropics; 1 Hawaii
Species listed in database: 25
= Columella Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 155 (1825)
= Pallavia Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 151 (1825)
= Rockia Heimerl; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 289 (1913)
= Tragularia J.Koenig ex Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 217 (1832)
species :
Pisonia aculeata L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1026 (1753)
Name: Devil´s-claw, cockspur, pull-and-hold-back, old-hook (EN), garabato prieto, Escambron, Una de gato (EN), Prickly mampoo (Caribbean)
Distribution: Cape Verde Isl. [I] (Ilha de Sao Nicolau [I]); Benin [I]; Cameroon [I]; South Sudan [I]; Uganda [I]; Tanzania [I]; S-Mozambique [I]; South Africa [I] (KwaZulu-Natal [I]); Madagascar [I]; Mauritius [I]; Seychelles [I]; Saudi Arabia [I]; Yemen [I] (W-Yemen [I]); China [I] (Hainan [I]); Taiwan [I]; India [I] (widespread); Bangladesh [I]; Maldives [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Andaman Isl. [I]; Nicobar Isl. [I]; Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I] (Perlis [I], Langkawi Isl. [I]); Sumatra [I]; N-Borneo [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I] (Bali [I]); New Guinea [I]; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], Northern Territory [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); New Caledonia [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Tonga [I] (Tongatapu [I], Tafahi [I]); Fiji [I]; USA (Florida, Texas); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas); St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; Saba; St. Eustatius; Nevis; St. Kitts; Antigua; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Dominica; Martinique; Grenadines; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Magdalena, Valle); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Portuguesa, Sucre, Zulia); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará); NE-Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Alto Paraná, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes); Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe)
21 cvi 22 ben 23 cmn 24 ssu 25 tan uga 26 moz 27 saf 29 mau mdg sey 35 sau yem 36 chi 38 tai 40 ban ind mdv srl 41 and cbd lao mya ncb tha vie 42 bor jaw lsi mly nwg phi sul sum 50 aus 60 fij nwc ton van 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA BAH BBD CAY CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE SAB SBA STE STK STM STV TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Pallavia aculeata (L.) Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 151 (1825)
= Pisonia aculeata var. guaranitica Chodat; Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, Sér. 2, 17: 164 (1925 publ. 1926)
= Pisonia aculeata var. hirsutissima J.A.Schmidt; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 354 (1872)
= Pisonia aculeata var. luensis Gagnep.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 4: 1053 (1936)
= Pisonia aculeata var. pedicellaris Griseb.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21(5): 633 (1896)
= Pisonia acuminata Mart. ex J.A.Schmidt; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 357 (1872), non R.Ludw. (1860) fossil name.
= Pisonia anisophylla Hassk.; Hort. Bogor. Descr. 85 (1858)
= Pisonia comosa Choisy; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13(2): 444 (1849)
= Pisonia cordifolia Mart. ex J.A.Schmidt; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 359 (1872)
= Pisonia crenulata J.A.Schmidt; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 356 (1872)
= Pisonia florida var. pabstiana Schltdl.; Linnaea 23: 575 (1850)
= Pisonia georgina Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6768 (1832), nomen
= Pisonia grandifolia Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 391 (1911), nom. illeg.
= Pisonia helleri Standl.; N. Amer. Fl. 21: 187 (1918)
= Pisonia limonella Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 14: 735 (1826)
= Pisonia loranthoides Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 7: 197 (1825)
= Pisonia minor Choisy; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13(2): 443 (1849)
= Pisonia mitis L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1026 (1753)
= Pisonia monotaxadenia C.Wright; Anales Real Acad. Ci. Méd. Fís. Nat. Habana Revista Ci. 7: 199 (1870)
= Pisonia nitida Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. Suppl. [Willdenow] 20 (1814), nomen
= Pisonia nitida Willd. ex Ettingsh.; Blattskel. Apetal. 47 (1858), nom. illeg.
= Pisonia pallavia Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 345 (1841)
= Pisonia pedicellaris Griseb. ex Sauvalle; Fl. Cub. [Sauvalle] 137 (1870), pro syn. of P. aculeata L.
= Pisonia tellulata Huber; Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 5: 350 (1909)
= Pisonia uniseriata C.Wright; Anales Real Acad. Ci. Méd. Fís. Nat. Habana Revista Ci. 7: 200 (1870)
= Pisonia villosa Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 5: 347 (1804)
= Pisonia yagua-pinda D.Parodi; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 5: 211 (1878)
= Tragularia horrida J.Koenig ex Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 217 (1832)
species :
Pisonia albida (Heimerl) Britton ex Standl.; N. Amer. Fl. 21: 190 (1918)
Name: Corcho (Caribbean)
Distribution: Dominican Republic; Haiti; Puerto Rico (incl. Mona Isl., Muertos Isl.)
81 HIS PUE
Synonyms: hidden
= Pisonia albida var. glutinosa Heimerl; Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 17 (1928)
= Pisonia albida var. platyphylla Heimerl; Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 19 (1928)
= Pisonia glutinosa Heimerl; Ark. Bot. 22A(9): 23 (1929), nomen
= Pisonia subcordata f. albida Heimerl; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 630 (1896)
= Pisonia subcordata var. albida (Heimerl) Heimerl & Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 4: 226 (1905)
species :
Pisonia ambigua Heimerl; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79: 236 (1908)
Distribution: Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
83 BOL 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Pisonia ambigua var. lilloana Heimerl; Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 232 (1913)
= Pisonia aculeata f. inermis Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 265 (1898)
species :
Pisonia byrsonimifolia Heimerl & Ekman; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 225 (1928)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Pisonia moaensis Alain; Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio De La Salle 9: 1 (1950)
species :
Pisonia calafia León de la Luz & R.A.Levin; Acta Bot. Mex. 101: 84 (2012)
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur)
79 MEX
species :
Pisonia capitata (S.Watson) Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 388 (1911)
Name: Mexican devil´s-claws
Distribution: USA (Arizona); Mexico (Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz)
76 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Cryptocarpus capitatus S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 24: 71 (1889)
species :
Pisonia donnellsmithii Heimerl ex Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 387 (1911)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Michoacan, Oaxaca); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
species :
Pisonia ekmanii Heimerl; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 227 (1928)
Name: Chicharron sapo, Sapo (Cuba)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Conservation Status: endangered (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba) and (IUCN)
species :
Pisonia flavescens Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 389 (1911)
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sinaloa)
79 MEX
species :
Pisonia horneae Trejo & Caraballo; PhytoKeys 86: 99 (2017)
Distribution: Puerto Rico
81 PUE
species :
Pisonia indecora Heimerl; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 469 (1932)
Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Pisonia jamaicensis Proctor ex Caraballo, K.Campbell & S.J.Cross; Webbia 76(1): 54 (2021)
Distribution: Jamaica
81 JAM
species :
Pisonia macranthocarpa (Donn.Sm.) Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 20: 293 (1895)
Name: Zarza mansa, Zarza sin espinas (Cuba)
Distribution: Mexico (Veracruz, Jalisco, Chiapas, etc.); Guatemala; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Cuba; Colombia; Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Cojedes, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Zulia); Guyana; Peru; etc.
79 MEX 80 COS GUA NIC 81 CUB 82 CLM GUY VEN 83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Pisonia aculeata f. pedicellaris (Griseb. ex Heimerl) Heimerl; Jahresber. Oberrealsch. Fünfhaus 1896/97: 32 (1897)
= Pisonia aculeata var. macranthocarpa Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 16: 198 (1891)
= Pisonia aculeata var. pedicellaris Griseb. ex Heimerl; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 633 (1896)
= Pisonia purpusii Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 10: 404 (1924)
species :
Pisonia margaretiae Proctor; Fl. Cayman Islands 254 (2012)
Distribution: Cayman Isl.
81 CAY
species :
Pisonia ochracea Heimerl; Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 19 (1929)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic)
81 HIS
species :
Pisonia petenensis Lundell; Wrightia 4: 86 (1968)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
species :
Pisonia petiolaris Heimerl & Ekman; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 226 (1928)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Pisonia proctorii Lundell; Wrightia 4(5): 155 (1971)
Distribution: Belize
80 BLZ
species :
Pisonia roqueae Trejo & Caraballo; PhytoKeys 86: 104 (2017)
Distribution: Puerto Rico
81 PUE
species :
Pisonia rotundata Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 283 (1866)
subspecies :
subsp. rotundata
Name: Smooth devil´s-claws; Palo de cochino, Seca sabana, Vacabuey (Cuba)
Distribution: USA (Florida); Bahamas; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti
78 USA 81 BAH CUB HIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Guapira rotundata (Griseb.) Lundell; Wrightia 4: 83 (1968)
= Pisonia rotundata var. revolutissima Heimerl; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 225 (1928)
= Pisonia subcordata var. rotundata (Griseb.) Heimerl; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 630 (1896)
= Torrubia rotundata (Griseb.) Sudw.; Check List For. Trees U.S.: 119 (1927)
subspecies :
subsp. acutiuscula (Heimerl) M.A.Diaz & Esquivel; Feddes Repert. 96: 618 (1985)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Pisonia rotundata var. acutiuscula Heimerl; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 225 (1928)
species :
Pisonia sandwicensis Hillebr.; Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 369 (1888)
Distribution: Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.)
63 HAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Rockia sandwicensis (Hillebr.) Heimerl; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 290 (1913)
species :
Pisonia silvatica Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 425 (1937)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Pisonia subcordata Sw.; Prodr. [O.P.Swartz] 60 (1788)
Name: Lollolly, Mapou gris (Lesser Antilles), Corcho, Lobloly (Puerto Rico), Water mampoo (Virgin Isl.)
Distribution: Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; Saba; St. Eustatius; Antigua; Barbuda; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Martinique
81 ABA AGU GDL JAM MAR MTS PUE SAB SBA STE STM VIR
Synonyms: hidden
= Columella rustica Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 155 (1825)
= Guapira rotundifolia (Heimerl) Lundell; Wrightia 4: 83 (1968)
= Neea rotundifolia Heimerl; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 7: 218 (1912)
= Pisonia subcordata f. gigantophylla Heimerl; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 630 (1896)
= Pisonia subcordata f. swartziana Heimerl; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 630 (1896)
= Pisonia subovata Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 5: 347 (1804)
species :
Pisonia taina Trejo; Harvard Pap. Bot. 10(1): 118 (2005)
Distribution: Puerto Rico
81 PUE
species :
Pisonia zapallo Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 39 (1879)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caazapa, Pres. Hayes); Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
83 BOL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Pisonia aculeata var. inermis Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 265 (1898)
= Pisonia praecox Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 265 (1898)
variant :
var. guaranitica Toursark.; Notas Prelim. Fl. Chaquena 6: 3 (1974)
Distribution: Paraguay (Central); Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, Salta, Santa Fe)
85 ARG PAR
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