Ruyschia Jacq.
First published in Enum. Syst. Pl.: 2 (1760)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is S. Mexico to Tropical America.
Distribution
Native to:
Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Caracasia Szyszył. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(6a): 164 (1894)
- Vargasia Ernst in Várgas, Considerado Botánico: 23 (1877), nom. illeg.
Accepted Species
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- 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.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0