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493.0000 Family Gentianaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 141 (1789), nom. cons.
95 genera, ca. 1850 spp.
Species listed in database: 1858; hybrids: 24
= Chironiaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin Aneb. Rostl. 1(104-114): 1, 36 (1823)
= Coutoubeaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 168 (1820)
= Obolariaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 427 (1820)
= Potaliaceae Mart.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Martius] 2: 89, 91, 133 (1827)
= Saccifoliaceae Maguire & Pires; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 29: 242 (1978)
493.0722 Genus Potalia Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 394, t. 151 (1775)
Distribution: Tropical S-America from Colombia to NE-Brazil (Amapa)
Species listed in database: 9
= Nicandra Schreb.; Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a], 1: 283 (1789)
species :
Potalia amara Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 394. I. 151 (1775)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Panama; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amapa)
80 NIC PAN 82 FRG SUR 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Nicandra amara J.F.Gmel.; Syst. Nat., ed. 13bis: 677 (1791)
species :
Potalia chocoensis Struwe & V.A.Albert; Syst. Bot. 29(3): 677 (2004)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó)
82 CLM
species :
Potalia coronata Struwe & V.A.Albert; Syst. Bot. 29(3): 679 (2004)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Putumayo, Vaupés); Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM 83 PER 84 BRA
species :
Potalia crassa Struwe & V.A.Albert; Syst. Bot. 29(3): 681 (2004)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó)
82 CLM
species :
Potalia elegans Struwe & V.A.Albert; Harvard Pap. Bot. 3(2): 185 (1998)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Guainía, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN 84 BRA
species :
Potalia maguireorum Struwe & V.A.Albert; Harvard Pap. Bot. 3(2): 189 (1998)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 VEN 84 BRA
species :
Potalia resinifera Mart.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Martius] 2: 89 (1826 publ. 1827)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Córdoba, Meta, Nariño, Vaupés, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso)
82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Potalia amara var. resinifera (Mart.) Progel; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(1): 268 (1868)
species :
Potalia turbinata Struwe & V.A.Albert; Syst. Bot. 29(3): 691 (2004)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
species :
Potalia yanamonoensis Struwe & V.A.Albert; Syst. Bot. 29(3): 693 (2004)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
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