462.0000
Family
Gesneriaceae Rich. & Juss.; DC., Essai Propr. Méd. Pl., ed. 2: 192 (1816), nom. cons.
146 genera, ca. 3750 spp. Phylogeny: Weber et al. (2013)
Species listed in database: 3893; hybrids: 44
= Belloniaceae Martinov; Tekno-Bot. Slovar: 67 (1820)
= Besleriaceae Raf.; Sylva Tellur.: 70 (1838)
= Cyrtandraceae Jack; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 23 (1823)
= Didymocarpaceae D.Don; Edinburgh Philos. J. 7: 83 (1822)
= Ramondaceae Godr.; J. C. M. Gren. & D. A. Godr., Fl. France 2: 506 (1850)
462.2311
Genus
Besleria L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 619 (1753)
Distribution: Tropical and subtropical America, West Indies
Species listed in database: 168
= Pterobesleria C.V.Morton; Fieldiana, Bor. 28: No. 3, 532 (1953)
= Cyrtanthemum Oerst.; Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 5: 130
= Gasteranthopsis Oerst.; Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 5: 129 (Gesn. Centr. Am. 55. t. 10, f. 1) (1861)
= Hematophyla Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 71 (1838)
= Parabesleria Oerst.; Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 5: 126 (Gesn. Centr. Am. 52. t. 6) (1861)
= Eriphia P.Browne; Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 270 (1756)
species :
Besleria affinis
C.V.Morton; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 48: 75 (1935)
Distribution: Colombia (Magdalena); Venezuela (Aragua, Barinas, Carabobo, Merida, Portuguesa, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia); Ecuador
82 CLM VEN 83 ECU
species :
Besleria aggregata
(Mart.) Hanst.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 8: 400 (1862)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Chocó, Putumayo, Vaupés); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba); N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre)
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria aggregata var. loretensis (C.V.Morton) C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 38: 137 (1968)
= Besleria aggregata var. mexiae (C.V.Morton) C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 38: 137 (1968)
= Besleria aggregata var. semiannularis (C.V.Morton) C.V.Morton; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 38: 137 (1968)
= Besleria ignea Fritsch; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 966 (1934)
= Besleria ignea var. loretensis C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 444 (1939)
= Besleria ignea var. mexiae C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 444 (1939)
= Besleria ignea var. semiannularis C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 444 (1939)
= Codonanthe aggregata (Mart.) Hanst.; Linnaea 26: 209 (1853 publ. 1855)
= Codonanthopsis aggregata (Mart.) Hoehne; Sellowia, No. 9, 49 (1958)
= Columnea aggregata (Mart.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 472 (1891)
= Hypocyrta aggregata Mart.; Nov. Gen. et Sp. 3: 51. t. 201 (1829)
species :
Besleria amabilis
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 440 (1939)
Distribution: Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, Nariño, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Valle); Venezuela (Tachira); Ecuador
80 COS HON PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria formosa C.V.Morton; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, Bot. Ser. 18: 1151 (1938), nom. illeg.
species :
Besleria angusta
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 38: 135 (1968)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria angustiflora
Fritsch; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 966 (1934)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Chocó, Huila, Risaralda, Valle); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Besleria arborescens
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 29: 20 (1944)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
species :
Besleria arbusta
L.E.Skog; Op. Bot. 92: 231 (1987)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
species :
Besleria ardens
Decne. ex Linden; Cat. Gén. 5: 1 (1850)
Distribution: Venezuela
82 VEN
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Besleria aristeguitae
(C.V.Morton) Wiehler; Selbyana 5(2): 218 (1979)
Distribution: Venezuela (Carabobo)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Pterobesleria aristeguietae C.V.Morton; Bol. Soc. Venezuela. Cienc. Nat. 26: 156 (1965)
species :
Besleria attenuata
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 29: 20 (1944)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria aurea
I.G.Costa & G.E.Ferreira; Phytotaxa 263(3): 272 (2016)
Distribution: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
species :
Besleria azulensis
R.Rojas; Brittonia 74(1): 96 (2022)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria barbata
(Poepp.) Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 327 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Huila, Putumayo); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria densiflora Fritsch; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 965 (1934)
= Hypocyrta barbata Poepp. & Endl.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Poeppig & Endlicher) 3: 3 (1840)
species :
Besleria barbensis
Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 319 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria barbensis var. hirsuta C.V.Morton; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29: 38 (1942)
species :
Besleria barclayi
L.E.Skog; Phytologia 27(6): 502 (1974)
Distribution: E-Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Chocó, Nariño, Valle); Ecuador
80 PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Besleria beltranii
I.Salinas; Novon 18(2): 244 (2008)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria boliviana
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 432 (1939)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Besleria brevicalyx
G.E.Ferreira & Chautems; Phytotaxa 263(3): 272 (2016)
Distribution: Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
species :
Besleria brevisepala
O.L.Cortés; Phytotaxa 518(3): 182 (2021)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Besleria calantha
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 29: 21 (1944)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Huila, Meta)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria calycina
L.E.Skog; Brittonia 30(3): 319 (1978)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
species :
Besleria campanulata
Linden; Cat. Gén. 5: 2 (1850)
Distribution: Venezuela
82 VEN
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Besleria capitata
Poepp. & Endl.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Poeppig & Endlicher) 3(2) (1840)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Columnea capitata (Poepp.) Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 6: 405 (1845), sphalm.
species :
Besleria cinnabarina
Fritsch; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 976 (1934)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Nariño)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cremosperma cinnabarinum (Fritsch) C.V.Morton; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 25: 290 (1935)
species :
Besleria citrina
Fritsch; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 963 (1934)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria clivorum
C.V.Morton; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 48: 75 (1935)
Distribution: Venezuela (Aragua, Barinas, Lara, Miranda, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy)
82 VEN
species :
Besleria cognata
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 423 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Meta)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria columneoides
Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 322 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica
80 COS NIC
species :
Besleria comosa
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 441 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
species :
Besleria compta
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 449 (1939)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
species :
Besleria concinna
C.V.Morton; Fieldiana, Bot. 28: No. 3, 525 (1953)
Distribution: Venezuela (Anzoategui, Miranda, Sucre)
82 VEN
species :
Besleria concolor
Fritsch; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 970 (1934)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria conformis
C.V.Morton; Fieldiana, Bot. 28: No. 3, 526 (1953)
Distribution: Venezuela (Anzoategui, Sucre)
82 VEN
species :
Besleria connata
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 436 (1939)
Distribution: Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Miranda, Portuguesa, Tachira)
82 VEN
species :
Besleria conspecta
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 424 (1939)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
species :
Besleria crassa
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 466 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria cyrtanthemum
Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 321 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Cyrtanthemum hirsutum Oerst.; Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 5: 130
species :
Besleria decipiens
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 438 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Valle)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria deflexa
(Oerst.) Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 321 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Cyrtanthemum deflexum Oerst.; Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 5: 130
species :
Besleria delvillari
Cuatrec.; Trab. Mus. Cienc. Nat., Madrid, Ser. Bot., No. 29, 11 (1935)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Meta, Norte de Santander, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria diabolica
G.E.Ferreira & Chautems; Phytotaxa 263(3): 274 (2016)
Distribution: Brazil (São Paulo)
84 BRA
species :
Besleria discreta
G.E.Ferreira; Syst. Bot. 44(4): 887 (2019)
Distribution: Brazil (Espirito Santo)
84 BRA
species :
Besleria disgrega
C.V.Morton; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 48: 74 (1935)
Distribution: Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Merida)
82 VEN
species :
Besleria divaricata
Poepp. & Endl.; Nov. Gen. et Sp. 3: 2 (1845)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)
83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Columnea divaricata (Poepp.) Walp.; Rep.Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 6: 405, sphalm.
species :
Besleria duarteana
Hoehne; Sellowia, No. 9, 40 (1958)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
species :
Besleria elegans
Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H. B. K.] 2: 397 (1818)
Distribution: Colombia (Tolima)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria elongata
Urb.; Symb. Antill. 2: 353 (1901)
Distribution: St. Vincent
81 STV
species :
Besleria emendata
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 38: 137 (1968)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria eriocalyx
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 29: 22 (1944)
Distribution: Colombia (Huila)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria fallax
C.E.González, L.E.Skog & M.Amaya; Caldasia 23(2): 401 (2001)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria fasciculata
Wawra; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 13: 142 (1863)
Distribution: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
species :
Besleria fecunda
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 430 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, Caquetá, Santander); Venezuela (Merida, Zulia)
82 CLM VEN
species :
Besleria ferreyrae
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 38: 139 (1968)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria filipes
Urb.; Symb. Antill. 2: 350 (1901)
Distribution: Guadeloupe; Dominica; St. Lucia
81 DOM GDL STL
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria filipes f. glaberrima C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 426 (1939)
= Besleria filipes f. latior C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 426 (1939)
= Besleria filipes f. pilicaulis C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 426 (1939)
species :
Besleria flava
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 463 (1939)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala; Honduras
79 MEX 80 GUA HON
species :
Besleria flavovirens
Mart.; Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 11: 49 (1823)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Colombia (Amazonas, Chocó, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Peru; N-Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Bahia)
80 COS 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria luteovirens Mart.; Nov. Gen. 3: 45 (1829)
= Besleria minutiflora Fritsch; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 9 (1922)
species :
Besleria floribunda
Fritsch; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 10 (1922)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria florida
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 29: 23 (1944)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Quindío, Risaralda, Valle)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria fluminensis
Brade; Rev. Brazil. Biol. 8: 73 (1948)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
species :
Besleria formicaria
Nowicke; Brittonia 26(1): 37 (1974)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; W-Colombia (Chocó)
80 COS PAN 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria subulata Nowicke; Brittonia 26(1): 38 (1974)
species :
Besleria furva
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 447 (1939)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria gibbosa
(Poepp.) Hanst.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 8: 421 (1864)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Cundinamarca, Meta, Norte de Santander); Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Bolívar, Merida, Tachira, Zulia); Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN 83 PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria multiflora C.V.Morton; Acta Bot. Venezuel., 6(1-4): 95 (1971 publ. 1972)
= Hypocyrta gibbosa Poepp.; Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 3 (1840)
species :
Besleria glabra
(Oerst.) Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 325 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Gasteranthopsis glabra Oerst.; Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 5: 129 (Gesn. Centr. Am. 55. t. 10, f. 1) (1861)
species :
Besleria gracilenta
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 421 (1939)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria grandifolia
Schott; Neue Bras. Pfl. 1: 5 (1820)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Besleria heterosepala
Fritsch; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 971 (1934)
Distribution: Colombia (Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria hirsuta
(Oerst.) Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 326 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca); Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Magdalena, Nariño)
79 MEX 80 COS HON PAN 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Gasteranthopsis hirsuta Oerst.; Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 5: 129 (Gesn. Centr. Am. 55. t. 10, f. 1) (1861)
= Besleria chiriquensis Wiehler; Selbyana 5(1): 73 (1978)
species :
Besleria hutchisonii
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 38: 142 (1968)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria iara
G.E.Ferreira & M.J.G.Hopkins; Brittonia 69(2): 241 (2017)
Distribution: Peru; Brazil (Amazonas)
83 PER 84 BRA
species :
Besleria illustris
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 428 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria imberbis
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 430 (1939)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria immitis
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 449 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Meta, Putumayo); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
species :
Besleria impressa
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 448 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Meta)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria inaequalis
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 29: 24 (1944)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Putumayo)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria insolita
C.V.Morton; Phytologia 1: 153 (1935)
Distribution: Guyana; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Amapa)
82 FRG GUY 84 BRA
species :
Besleria kalbreyeri
Fritsch; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 8 (1922)
Distribution: Colombia (Santander); Venezuela (Merida, Portuguesa)
82 CLM VEN
species :
Besleria labiosa
Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 326 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Venezuela (Aragua, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Miranda)
82 VEN
species :
Besleria laeta
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 432 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Besleria lanceolata
Urb.; Symb. Antill. 2: 351 (1901)
Name: Ortie grand bois (Lesser Antilles)
Distribution: Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique
81 DOM GDL MAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria coriacea Urb.; Symb. Antill. 2: 351 (1901)
= Besleria lanceolata f. hirsuta Stehlé; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92: 266 (1945)
= Besleria lanceolata f. parvifolia Stehlé; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92: 266 (1945)
= Besleria lanceolata var. coriacea (Urb.) Stehlé; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92: 266 (1945)
= Besleria longipes var. alpestris Urb.; Symb. Antill. 2: 348 (1901)
species :
Besleria lasiantha
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 29: 25 (1944)
Distribution: Colombia (Caquetá, Putumayo)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria laxiflora
Benth.; Hook. Lond. J. Bot. 5: 361 (1846)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Magdalena, Norte de Santander); Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Portuguesa, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Roraima, Acre); NE-Brazil (Bahia)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria chiapensis Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 64 (1914)
= Besleria debilis Rusby; Descr. New Sp. S. Am. Pl. 122 (1920)
= Besleria tenuifolia Rusby; Descr. New Sp. S. Am. Pl. 123 (1920)
species :
Besleria lehmannii
Fritsch; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 967 (1934)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Valle)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria leucocarpa
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 422 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, Cauca, Putumayo, Valle)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria leucostoma
(Hook.) Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 326 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Hypocyrta leucostoma Hook.; Bot. Mag. 73: t. 4310 (1847)
species :
Besleria longimucronata
Hoehne; Sellowia, No. 9, 41 (1958)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria daui Flaster; Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio. de Janeiro, n. s., Bot., No. 33, 1 (1966)
species :
Besleria longipedunculata
Britton ex Rusby; Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 27: 69
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria aurantiaca Fritsch; Meded Herb. Leid., No. 29, 51 (1916)
species :
Besleria longipes
Urb.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 165 (1921)
Distribution: Trinidad; Venezuela (Anzoategui, Miranda, Tachira)
81 TRT 82 VEN
species :
Besleria lucida
Poepp. & Endl.; Nov. Gen. et Sp. 3: 2 (1845)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz)
83 BOL PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Columnea lucida Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 6: 405 (1847), sphalm.
species :
Besleria lutea
L.; Sp. Pl. 619 (1753)
Name: Bois gleau, Herbe a miel, Herbe a pique batard (Lesser Antilles)
Distribution: Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Saba; St. Kitts; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; French Guiana
81 CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MTS SAB STK STL STV 82 FRG
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria berteroana DC.; Prod. 7: 538 (1839)
= Besleria imrayi Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 6341 (1878)
= Besleria lutea var. alpestris Urb.; Symb. Antill. 2: 348 (1901)
= Besleria lutea var. brevipes Urb.; Symb. Antill. 2: 348 (1901)
= Besleria lutea var. imrayi (Hook.f.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. 2: 348 (1901)
= Besleria lutea var. intermedia Urb.; Symb. Antill. 2: 348 (1901)
= Besleria lutea var. leucantha Urb.; Symb. Antill. 8: 644 (1921)
= Besleria lutea var. vincentina Urb.; Symb. Antill. 2: 348 (1901)
= Eriphia jamaicensis Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg. 3: 337 (1818)
= Eriphia lutea (L.) Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 77 (1838)
= Eriphia pallida Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 77 (1838)
= Gesneria calycina Sieber ex Steud.; Nom. ed. II. 1: 680, 200, non Sw. (1840)
species :
Besleria macahensis
Brade; Rev. Brazil. Biol. 8: 74 (1948)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
species :
Besleria macrocalyx
C.V.Morton; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, Bot. Ser. 9: 335 (1940)
Distribution: Honduras
80 HON
species :
Besleria macropoda
Donn.Sm.; Coult. Bot. Gaz. 25: 155 (1898)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Besleria melancholica
(Vell.) C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 446 (1939)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria cuneata Gardner; Hook. Lond. J. Bot. 1: 543 (1842)
= Besleria geminiflora Gardner; Hook. Lond. J. Bot. 1: 543 (1842)
= Besleria riedeliana Hanst.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 8: 399 (1862)
= Orobanche melancholica Vell.; (1829)
species :
Besleria membranacea
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 445 (1939)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria meridionalis
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 446 (1939)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
species :
Besleria microphylla
Fritsch; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 8 (1922)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, Cauca, Chocó)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria microphylla var. serrulata C.V.Morton; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 420 (1939)
species :
Besleria miniata
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 420 (1939)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Besleria mirifica
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 442 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria modica
C.V.Morton; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 48: 58 (1935)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Besleria montana
Britton; Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 4: 240 (1895)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
species :
Besleria moorei
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 38: 141 (1968)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria mortoniana
Steyerm.; Brittonia 22(4): 303 (1970 publ. 1971)
Distribution: Venezuela (Sucre)
82 VEN
species :
Besleria mucronata
Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 331 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Merida, Miranda, Portuguesa, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia); N-Brazil (Roraima)
82 VEN 84 BRA
species :
Besleria naquenensis
Arellano-Peña & Aymard; Harvard Pap. Bot. 25(2): 206, figs. 1-2 (2020)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Besleria neblinae
Feuillet; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2(1): 269 (2008)
Distribution: Venezuela (Rio Negro)
82 VEN
species :
Besleria nemorosa
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 422 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Risaralda, Valle); Peru
82 CLM 83 PER
species :
Besleria nitens
Fritsch; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 964 (1934)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Magdalena, Santander, Tolima, Valle)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria notabilis
C.V.Morton; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, Bot. Ser. 18: 1153 (1938)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia)
80 COS NIC PAN 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria subdecurrens C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 29: 29 (1944)
species :
Besleria nubigena
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 425 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Caldas)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria obtusa
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 29: 26 (1944)
Distribution: Colombia (Meta)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria ornata
C.V.Morton; Fieldiana, Bot. 28: No. 3, 527 (1953)
Distribution: Venezuela (Apure, Merida, Tachira)
82 VEN
species :
Besleria ovalifolia
Britton; Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 4: 240 (1895)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)
83 BOL
species :
Besleria ovoidea
C.V.Morton; Fieldiana, Bot. 28: No. 3, 528 (1953)
Distribution: Venezuela (Tachira)
82 VEN
species :
Besleria oxyphylla
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 29: 27 (1944)
Distribution: Colombia (Huila)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria pallidiflora
Fritsch; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 968 (1934)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria parviflora
L.E.Skog & Steyerm.; Novon 1(4): 211 (1991)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Guyana; N-Brazil (Roraima)
82 GUY VEN 84 BRA
species :
Besleria patrisii
DC.; Prod. 7: 538 (1839)
Distribution: Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana
82 FRG GUY SUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria maasii Wiehler; Selbyana 5(1): 73 (1978)
= Besleria verecunda C.V.Morton; Phytologia 1: 152 (1935)
species :
Besleria pauciflora
Rusby; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31 (1900)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caldas, Chocó, Vaupés); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
80 COS PAN 82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria pauciflora var. uniflora C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 452 (1939)
= Besleria sprucei var. flavescens C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 38: 135 (1968)
= Besleria wurdackii C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 38: 146 (1968)
species :
Besleria pendula
Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 333 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Venezuela (Barinas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Lara, Merida, Portuguesa, Tachira, Trujillo)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Gasteranthus pendulus Hanst.; Linnaea 26: 216. t. 2, f. 58 (1853)
species :
Besleria penduliflora
Fritsch; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 9 (1922)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Tachira); Guyana; N-Brazil (Roraima)
82 GUY VEN 84 BRA
species :
Besleria pennellii
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 421 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, Risaralda)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria peruviana
Fritsch; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 7 (1922)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria peruviana var. dissimilis C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 452 (1939)
= Besleria peruviana var. occulta C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 452 (1939)
species :
Besleria petiolaris
(Griseb.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. 2: 352 (1901)
Distribution: Dominica
81 DOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Collandra petiolaris Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. 463 (1862)
species :
Besleria physaloides
O.L.Cortés; Phytotaxa 332(2): 182 (2017)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Besleria placita
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 38: 132 (1968)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
species :
Besleria princeps
Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 317 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
species :
Besleria quadrangulata
L.E.Skog; Selbyana 7(1): 96 (1982)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Besleria racemosa
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 450 (1939)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba)
83 BOL PER
species :
Besleria rara
L.E.Skog; Brittonia 30(3): 320 (1978)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
species :
Besleria reticulata
Fritsch; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 969 (1934)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caquetá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Meta, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Aragua, Merida); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM VEN 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria reticulata var. macrophylla Hoehne; Sellowia 9: 42 (1958)
= Besleria reticulata var. pubistyla Fritsch; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 970 (1934)
= Besleria reticulata var. venosa Norton; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 434 (1939)
species :
Besleria rhytidophyllum
Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 334 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Merida, Miranda, Yaracuy); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 VEN 84 BRA
species :
Besleria riparia
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 448 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Meta, Putumayo, Risaralda)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria robusta
Donn.Sm.; Coult. Bot. Gaz. 25: 156 (1898)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS NIC PAN
species :
Besleria rosea
(C.V.Morton) Wiehler; Selbyana 5(2): 218 (1979)
Distribution: Venezuela (Merida)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Pterobesleria rosea C.V.Morton; Fieldiana, Bor. 28: No. 3, 533 (1953)
species :
Besleria rotundifolia
Rusby; Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 6: 98 (1896)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)
83 BOL
species :
Besleria salicifolia
Fritsch; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 62: 407 (1912)
Distribution: Colombia (Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria santaclarensis
Clavijo & Sánchez-Taborda; PhytoKeys 162: 73, figs. 1-3 (2020)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Besleria saxicola
C.V.Morton; Phytologia 1: 151 (1935)
Distribution: Guyana
82 GUY
species :
Besleria seitzii
Krug & Urb.; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 325 (1897)
Distribution: Tobago
81 TRT
species :
Besleria selloana
Klotzsch & Hanst.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 8: 398 (1862)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Sao Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná)
84 BRA
species :
Besleria sieberiana
Urb.; Symb. Antill. 2: 349 (1901)
Distribution: Trinidad
81 TRT
species :
Besleria silverstoneana
O.L.Cortés; Phytotaxa 332(2): 185 (2017)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Besleria solanoides
Kunth; Nov. Gen. et Sp. 2: 398 (1818)
Distribution: Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés); Venezuela (Merida); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)
80 COS HON NIC PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria acutifolia Benth.; Pl. Hartw. 237 (1846)
= Besleria costaricensis (Oerst.) Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 330 (1865 publ. 1866)
= Besleria obliqua C.V.Morton; Ann. Mossouri Bot. Gard. 29: 40 (1942)
= Besleria solanoides var. dentata C.V.Morton; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 29: 27 (1944)
= Besleria solanoides var. parvifolia C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 419 (1939)
= Besleria solanoides var. tenera C.V.Morton; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 1155 (1938)
= Parabesleria costaricensis Oerst.; Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 5: 127 (1861)
species :
Besleria spinulosa
C.V.Morton; Fieldiana, Bot. 28: No. 3, 528 (1953)
Distribution: Venezuela (Monagas, Sucre)
82 VEN
species :
Besleria spissa
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 29: 28 (1944)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria sprucei
Britton ex Rusby; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31 (1900)
Distribution: Colombia (Vaupés); Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM 83 BOL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria uleana Fritsch; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 483 (1906)
species :
Besleria standleyi
C.V.Morton; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, Bot. Ser.,xviii. 1155(1938)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Besleria steyermarkiorum
Wiehler ex L.E.Skog; Op. Bot. 92: 233 (1987)
Distribution: Venezuela (Yaracuy)
82 VEN
species :
Besleria stricta
L.E.Skog; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65(3): 819 (1978 publ. 1979)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Caquetá, Cauca, Chocó, Meta, Putumayo, Risaralda); Ecuador; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz)
80 PAN 82 CLM 83 BOL ECU
species :
Besleria strigillosa
Urb.; Symb. Antill. 2: 349 (1901)
Distribution: Trinidad
81 TRT
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Besleria subcarnosa
Fritsch; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 972 (1934)
Distribution: Colombia (Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria symphytum
Klotzsch & Hanst. ex Hanst.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 8: 899 (1862)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
species :
Besleria tambensis
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 428 (1939)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Chocó, Nariño, Risaralda, Valle); Ecuador
80 COS PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria maxima C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 429 (1939)
= Besleria crassicaulis C.V.Morton; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29: 39 (1942)
species :
Besleria tetrangularis
Ruiz ex Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 331 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria trichiata
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 451 (1939)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Acre)
83 ECU PER 84 BRA
species :
Besleria trichostegia
Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 61: 380 (1916)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS NIC PAN
species :
Besleria triflora
(Oerst.) Hanst.; Linnaea 34: 329 (1865 publ. 1866)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria triflora var. subcorymbosa Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 61: 380 (1916)
= Parabesleria triflora Oerst.; Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 5: 127 (1861)
variant :
var. australis
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 441 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Chocó, Risaralda, Valle)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria tuberculata
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 443 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria umbrosa
Mart.; Nov. Gen. 3: 44. t. 218 (1829)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria umbrosa var. latifolia DC.; Prodr. 7: 538 (1839)
= Pseudobesleria umbrosa (Mart.) Oerst.; Centralamer. Gesner.: 54 (1858)
species :
Besleria vanderwerffii
R.Rojas; Brittonia 74(1): 99 (2022)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria vargasii
C.V.Morton; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 35: 126 (1945)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Besleria variabilis
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 435 (1939)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Norte de Santander, Putumayo); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz)
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria variabilis f. barbatula C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 436 (1939)
= Besleria variabilis f. pallida C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 436 (1939)
species :
Besleria ventricosa
C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 29: 30 (1944)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Cundinamarca, Putumayo)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria vernoniana
Kottaim.; Kew Bull. 78(2): [1 of 2] (2023), nom. nov.
Distribution: Venezuela (Sucre)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Besleria hirsutissima C.V.Morton; Acta Bot. Venezuela. 1: No. 2, 66 (1966)
species :
Besleria vestita
Fritsch; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 971 (1934)
Distribution: Colombia (Risaralda, Valle)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria villosa
Fritsch; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 964 (1934)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Nariño, Valle)
82 CLM
species :
Besleria yaracuyensis
Hoehne; Sellowia, No. 9, 39 (1958)
Distribution: Venezuela (Yaracuy)
82 VEN
species :
Besleria yatuana
Feuillet; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2(1): 271 (2008)
Distribution: Venezuela (Rio Negro)
82 VEN
