Chaetolepis

Chaetolepis cufodontisii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Melastomateae
Genus: Chaetolepis

Name

Chaetolepis (DC.) Miq., Comm. Phytogr. 2: 72. 1840.

Synonymy

Basionym
- Osbeckia sect. Chaetolepis DC., Prodr. 3: (139–)140. 1828. (as Chætolepis)

Overview of species

Accepted species

Ch. alpina – Ch. anisandra – Ch. cufodontisii – Ch. gentianoides – Ch. lindeniana – Ch. loricarella – Ch. microphylla – Ch. perijensis – Ch. phelpsiae – Ch. santamartensis – Ch. sessilis

Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to Grimm & Almeda (2013), as well as to checklists from Mesoamerica, Colombia, and the Guiana Shield – see references.

Names in synonymy

Ch. alpestris – Ch. brevistrigillosa – Ch. citrina – Ch. cubensis – Ch. ericoides – Ch. grisebachii – Ch. nana – Ch. saturejoides – Ch. thymifolia

Unresolved names

Ch. heterophylla

Source(s) of checklist:
List of unresolved names based on all names from IPNI that are not confirmed either as correct names of accepted species or as synonyms.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Burkina, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Sierra Leone. Southern America Central America Costa Rica. Northern South America Guyana, Venezuela. Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Almeda, F., Berry, P.E., Freire-Fierro, A., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Luckana, N.G., Michelangeli, F.A., Morley, T., Penney, D., Renner, S.S., Robinson, O.R., Wurdack, J.J. (†) & Yatskievych, K. 2007. Melastomataceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 397–417. BHL Reference page.
Grimm, D. & Almeda, F. 2013. Systematics, phylogeny, and biogeography of Chaetolepis (Melastomataceae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 7(1): 217–263. JSTOR BHL Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Chaetolepis. Published online. Accessed: 03 May 2018.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Chaetolepis in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2018 May 03.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chaetolepis.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Chaetolepis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-04-03.
Tropicos.org 2018. Chaetolepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 May 2018.
Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Chaetolepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 May 2018.
Chaetolepis in 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. Accessed: 03 May 2018.
Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Chaetolepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 May 2018.
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Chaetolepis. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 04 May 2018.

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