Apodanthaceae
Pilostyles

Pilostyles blanchetii (Gardner) R.Br.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, prepr. 19: 27 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Mexico (Michoacán), Costa Rica to NE. Argentina. It is a holoparasite and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Uruguay, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.) (2017). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 17: 1-434. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Bellot, S. & Renner, S.S. (2014). The systematics of the worldwide endoparasite family Apodanthaceae (Cucurbitales), with a key, a map, and color photos of most species. PhytoKeys 36: 41-57.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.) (2017). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 17: 1-434. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [7161] Brazil K003356641 Yes
Stannard, B.L.; Arrais, M.G.M. [725] Brazil K003356648 Yes
Arrillaga de Puerto Izaguirre [1731e] Uruguay K003356676 Yes
Burchell [6563] Brazil K003356640 Yes
Giulietti, A.M.; Stannard, B.; Atkinson, R.; Woodgyer, E.M.; Salimena-Pires, F.R.; Conceição, A.A.; Nobre, P.; Roque, N. [2280] Brazil K003356639 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Stannard, B.L.; Hind, D.J.N.; Kameyama, C.; Prado, J.; Rudall, P.; Simão, R.; Taylor, N.; Zappi, D. [24971] Brazil K003356645 Yes
Blanchet [2861] Brazil K003356644 Yes
Puerto, D. [3171c] Uruguay K003356677 Yes
Blanchet [2861] Brazil K000601223 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ratter, J.A. [R6675] Brazil K003356647 Yes
Stannard, B.; Ganev, W.; Queiroz, R.F. [H51762] Brazil K003356642 Yes
s.coll. [22027] Brazil K003356646 Yes
Burkart, A.; Crespo, S. [s.n.] Argentina K003356674 Yes
Burkart, A.; Crespo, S. [s.n.] Argentina K003356673 Yes
Puerto, D. [3171a] Uruguay K003356675 Yes
Glaziou, A. [19819] Brazil K003356643 Yes
Holton, I.F. [24] Colombia Pilostyles ingae K000601220 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner [3639] Brazil Pilostyles calliandrae K000601222 Unknown Type Material Yes
Arrillaga del Puerto Izaguirre [1731a] Uruguay Pilostyles calliandrae K003356678 Yes
Ule, E. [7895] Brazil Pilostyles galactiae K000601221 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [22029] Brazil Pilostyles ulei K003356657 Yes
Pirani, J.R.; Farlank, A.; Cordeiro, I.; Kawasaki, M.L. [s.n.] Brazil Pilostyles ulei K003356649 Yes
Delprete, P.G.; Gomes-Klein, V.L. [9218] Brazil Pilostyles ulei K003356650 Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Figueiras, T.S.; Mendoca, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Heringer Salles, A.E.; Chagas E Silva, F. [5768] Brazil Pilostyles ulei K003356654 Yes
s.coll. [22028] Brazil Pilostyles ulei K003356656 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Pirani, J.R.; Stannard, B.L.; Cordeiro, I.; Kameyama, C. [24526] Brazil Pilostyles ulei K003356652 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Stannard, B. [26163] Brazil Pilostyles ulei K003356653 Yes
s.coll. [21104] Brazil Pilostyles ulei K003356658 Yes
s.coll. [22030] Brazil Pilostyles ulei K003356655 Yes
Delprete, P.G.; Bosquetti, L.B.; C. da Costa [9427] Brazil Pilostyles ulei K003356651 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0