- Family:
- Hypericaceae Juss.
Vismia Vand.
[FTEA]
Guttiferae, P. Bamps, N. Robson & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1978
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees or shrubs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves usually petiolate, entire, furnished with opaque glandular dots
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence terminal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 5, furnished with longitudinal linear glands or rarely gland-dots
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals villous within, furnished with longitudinal linear glands or gland-dots
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens in 5 bundles opposite the petals, few to many in each bundle, with the upper part of the filaments free
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Staminodes
- Staminodes scale-like, alternating with the staminal bundles
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 5-locular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Styles 5, free
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary Ovules
- Ovules 5 or more per loculus, arranged in two ranks
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a berry
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds numerous, small and dry.
Native to:
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
- Vismia atlantica L.Marinho & M.V.Martins
- Vismia baccifera (L.) Triana & Planch.
- Vismia bemerguii M.E.Berg
- Vismia billbergiana Beurl.
- Vismia brasiliensis Choisy
- Vismia camparaguey Sprague & L.Riley
- Vismia cauliflora A.C.Sm.
- Vismia cavalcantei Van den Berg
- Vismia cavanillesiana Cuatrec.
- Vismia cayennensis (Jacq.) Pers.
- Vismia conduplicata M.V.Martins & G.H.Shimizu
- Vismia confertiflora Spruce ex Reichardt
- Vismia crassa (Rusby) S.F.Blake
- Vismia cuatrecasasii Ewan
- Vismia ferruginea Kunth
- Vismia floribunda Sprague
- Vismia glabra Ruiz & Pav.
- Vismia gracilis Hieron.
- Vismia guianensis (Aubl.) Pers.
- Vismia japurensis Rchb.f.
- Vismia jefensis N.Robson
- Vismia laevis Triana & Planch.
- Vismia lateriflora Ducke
- Vismia latifolia (Aubl.) Choisy
- Vismia latisepala N.Robson
- Vismia lauriformis (Lam.) Choisy
- Vismia laxiflora Rchb.f.
- Vismia lindeniana Decne. ex Turcz.
- Vismia macrophylla Kunth
- Vismia magnoliifolia Cham. & Schltdl.
- Vismia mandurr Hieron.
- Vismia martiana Rchb.f.
- Vismia micrantha A.St.-Hil.
- Vismia minutiflora Ewan
- Vismia obtusa Spruce ex Reichardt
- Vismia parviflora Cham. & Schltdl.
- Vismia pentagyna (Spreng.) Ewan
- Vismia plicatifolia Hochr.
- Vismia pozuzoensis Engl.
- Vismia ramuliflora Miq.
- Vismia rufa Cuatrec.
- Vismia rusbyi Ewan
- Vismia sandwithii Ewan
- Vismia sessilifolia (Aubl.) Choisy
- Vismia sprucei Sprague
- Vismia steyermarkii N.Robson
- Vismia tenuinervia (M.E.Berg) N.Robson
- Vismia tomentosa Ruiz & Pav.
Vismia Vand. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec.: 51 (1788)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- F.T.A. 1: 160.
- Fl. Lusit. Brasil. 51 (1788)
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Bamps in B.J.B.B. 36: 428 (1966)
- Fl. Lusit. Brasil. 51, t .3, fig. 24: 1788, nom. conserv.
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Neotropikey
Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
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