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487.0000 Family Ehretiaceae Mart.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Martius] 2: 136, 138 (1827), nom. cons.
7 genera, ca. 200 spp.. Often included in Boraginaceae s. l. A separate family following Kubitzki Vol. 14
Species listed in database: 184
= Ehretieae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 25 (1829)
= Ehretioideae Arn.; Botany [Arnott] 122 (1832)
487.0205 Genus Rochefortia Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 53 (1788), Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 551, t. 11 (1797)
Distribution: S-Mexico, C-America, Colombia, West Indies
Species listed in database: 12
= Diplostylis H.Karst. & Triana; Nuev. Jen. Esp. 25 (1854)
species :
Rochefortia acanthophora (DC.) Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 482 (1862)
Name: Corazon de paloma, Ebano, Ebene, Trejo (Dominican Republic), Bastard lignum vitae, Bois d´ ebene (Haiti), Ebony, Greenheart (Jamaica), Juso (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Virgin Gorda); St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Eustatius; Antigua; Barbuda; Guadeloupe
81 ABA CUB GDL HIS JAM PUE STE STM VIR
Synonyms: hidden
= Ehretia acanthophora DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 510 (1845)
= Rochefortia acanthophora f. microphylla Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 210 (1866)
= Ehretia spinosa Spreng. ex A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 510 (1845), non Jacq.
species :
Rochefortia barloventensis Irimia & Gottschling; Phytotaxa 236(1): 63 (2015)
Distribution: Guadeloupe
81 GDL
species :
Rochefortia cubensis Britton & P.Wilson; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 96 (1920)
Name: Bronce, Sargento (Cuba)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Rochefortia cuneata Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 54 (1788)
Name: Green ebony (Jamaica), Bois verte (Lesser Antilles)
Distribution: Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti); Puerto Rico; Antigua; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Martinique
81 ABA BAH CUB GDL HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE
Remarks: often included in the Central American R. spinosa
Synonyms: hidden
= Rochefortia acrantha Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 479 (1908)
= Rochefortia bahamensis Britton; Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 5: 317 (1907)
= Rochefortia cuneata subsp. bahamensis (Britton) G.Klotz; Revista Jard. Bot. Nac. Univ. Habana 3(2): 103 (1982)
= Rochefortia ovata Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 54 (1788)
species :
Rochefortia holguinensis G.Klotz; Wiss. Z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 29(4): 472 (1980)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Rochefortia lundellii Camp; Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 7, 47 (1942)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Quintana Roo, Veracruz); Belize; Honduras
79 MEX 80 BLZ HON
species :
Rochefortia oblanceata G.Klotz; Revista Jard. Bot. Nac. Univ. Habana 3(2): 105 (1982)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Rochefortia oblongata Urb. & Ekman; Ark. Bot. 22A(17): 94 (1929)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Conservation Status: vulnerable (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba)
species :
Rochefortia septentrionalis G.Klotz; Wiss. Z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 29(4): 472 (1980)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
variant :
var. cristalensis G.Klotz; Wiss. Z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 29(4): 472 (1980)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
variant :
var. obovata G.Klotz; Wiss. Z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 29(4): 472 (1980)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Rochefortia spinosa (Jacq.) Urb.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 472 (1915)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Colombia (Bolívar, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Lara, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Trujillo, Yaracuy); Peru
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC 82 CLM VEN 83 PER
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Bourreria fasciculata (Kunth) Gürke; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] IV, 3a: 87 (1893)
= Desmophyla aliena Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 43 (1838)
= Diplostylis fasciculata H.Karst. & Triana; Nuev. Jen. Esp. 26 (1854 publ. 1855)
= Ehretia fasciculata Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 3: 66 (1818)
= Ehretia spinosa Jacq.; Enum. Syst. Pl. 14 (1760)
= Lutrostylis spinosa (Jacq.) G.Don; Gen. Hist. 4: 391 (1837)
= Morelosia fasciculata (Kunth) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 439 (1891)
= Rochefortia fasciculata (H.Karst. & Triana) Gürke; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] IV, 3a: 89 (1893)
= Rochefortia jacquinii Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 253 (1857), nom. superfl.
species :
Rochefortia stellata Britton & P.Wilson; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 96 (1920)
subspecies :
subsp. stellata
Name: Azulejo, Carey de costa, Cerillo (Cuba)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Rochefortia stellata var. cristalensis G.Klotz; Wiss. Z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 29: 471 (1980)
subspecies :
subsp. maisiensis G.Klotz; Wiss. Z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 29(4): 471 (1980)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Rochefortia victoriniana G.Klotz; Wiss. Z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 29(4): 471 (1980)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
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