Aciotis

Aciotis rubricaulis

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: Marcetieae
Genus: Aciotis

Overview of species

Accepted species

A. acuminifolia – A. annua – A. circaeifolia – A. cordata – A. ferreirana – A. indecora – A. olivieriana – A. ornata – A. paludosa – A. pendulifolia – A. polystachya – A. purpurascens – A. rubricaulis – A. viscida – A. wurdackiana

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Aciotis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 03. Reference page.

Name

Aciotis D.Don, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4(2): 283, 300(–301) (1823).

Type species: Aciotis discolor D.Don, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4(2): 301 (1823). (= Aciotis purpurascens (Aubl.) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 52 (1872).)

Synonymy

Homotypic
- Aciotis sect. Euaciotis Krasser, Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engl. & Prantl] III. 7: 150 (1893).
Heterotypic
- Spennera Mart. ex DC., Prodr. 3: 115 (1828).
  - Aciotis sect. Spennera (Mart. ex DC.) Krasser, Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engl. & Prantl] III. 7: 150 (1893).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
^* Regional: Central America
- - Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
^* Regional: Western South America
- - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
^* Regional: Brazil
- - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
^* Regional: Northern South America
- - Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
^* Regional: Caribbean
- - Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
Continental: Northern America
^* Regional: Mexico
- - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Don, D. 1823. An illustration of the natural family of plants called Melastomaceae. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 4: 276–329. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

De Candolle, A.P. 1828. Ordo LXXVI. Melastomaceae. Pp. 99–202 in Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 3, Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines XXVI. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page.
Almeda, F. 2001. Melastomataceae Juss. Pp. 1339–1419 in Stevens, W.D., Ulloa Ulloa, C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua, Vol. 2, Angiospermas (Fabaceae–Oxalidaceae). (Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online Reference page.
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.
Freire-Fierro, A. 2001. Aciotis. Pp. 270–276 in Berry, P.E., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Morley, T., Michelangeli, F.A., Luckana, N.G., Almeda, F., Renner, S.S., Freire-Fierro, A., Robinson, O.R. & Yatskievych, K., Melastomataceae. In Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 6, Liliaceae–Myrsinaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-81-9. Reference page.
Freire-Fierro, A. 2002. Monograph of Aciotis (Melastomataceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 62: 1–99. JSTOR Reference page.
Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page.
Wurdack, J.J. 1980. 138. Melastomataceae. In Harling, G. & Sparre, B. (eds.), Flora of Ecuador, No. 13: 1–406. University of Göteborg & Riksmuseum, Stockholm. ISBN 91-546-0281-5. Reference page.
Wurdack, J.J. 1993. Aciotis. Pp. 9–21 in Wurdack, J.J., Morley, T. & Renner, S., 99. Melastomataceae. In Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A. (ed.), Flora of the Guianas, Series A: Phanerogams, Fascicle 13. Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, ISBN 3-87429-343-2. Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aciotis. Published online. Accessed: 14 March 2019. Reference page.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Aciotis in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 March 14.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Spennera in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 March 14.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Aciotis.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Aciotis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-03-14.
Hassler, M. 2019. Aciotis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 March 14. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 40030853. 14. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: March 2019 40030853.
Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Aciotis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 March 2019.
Aciotis 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: 14 March 2019.
Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Aciotis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 March 2019.
Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Aciotis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 March 2019.
Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Aciotis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 March 2019.
Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Aciotis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 March 2019.
Aciotis in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 14 March 2019.
Aciotis in Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Accessed: 14 March 2019.

Vernacular names

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