Verbenaceae
Casselia

Casselia confertiflora (Moldenke) Moldenke

First published in Phytologia 5: 132 (1955)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil. It is a tuberous subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • O'Leary, N. & Múlgura, M.E. (2010). A taxonomic revision of Casselia (Verbenaceae), a genus endemic to the South american cerrado and Mata Atlántica biogeographic provinces. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 137: 166-179.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Gonçales Salimenas, F.R. & al. (2016). Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 47: 1-157. Universidade Federal de Goiás.
  • O'Leary, N. & Múlgura, M.E. (2010). A taxonomic revision of Casselia (Verbenaceae), a genus endemic to the South american cerrado and Mata Atlántica biogeographic provinces. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 137: 166-179.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gardner [3369] Brazil K000487064 Type Yes
Gardner [3369] Brazil K000487063 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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