Mesechites

Mesechites
Mesechites trifidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Mesechiteae
Genus: Mesechites
Müll.Arg.

Mesechites is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1860. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.

Species
  1. Mesechites acuminatus (Ruiz & Pav.) Müll.Arg. - Peru
  2. Mesechites angustifolius (Poir.) Miers - Hispaniola
  3. Mesechites citrifolius (Kunth) Woodson - Colombia
  4. Mesechites mansoanus (A.DC.) Woodson - Paraguay, Brazil
  5. Mesechites minimus (Britton & P.Wilson) Woodson - Cuba
  6. Mesechites repens (Jacq.) Miers - Hispaniola, Navassa Island, Jamaica
  7. Mesechites roseus (A.DC.) Miers - Cuba
  8. Mesechites trifidus (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. - widespread from Tamaulipas in NE Mexico south to Paraguay + N Argentina
formerly included
  1. Mesechites andrieuxii (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Mandevilla convolvulacea (A.DC.) Hemsl.
  2. Mesechites angustatus Miers = Mandevilla benthamii (A.DC.) K.Schum.
  3. Mesechites brownei (A.DC.) Miers = Mandevilla torosa (Jacq.) Woodson
  4. Mesechites dichotomus (Kunth) Miers = Laubertia boissieri A.DC.
  5. Mesechites guayaquilensis Miers = Mandevilla subsagittata (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
  6. Mesechites guianensis (A.DC.) Miers = Mandevilla rugellosa (Rich.) L.Allorge
  7. Mesechites hastatus Miers = Mandevilla subsagittata (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
  8. Mesechites hirtellulus Miers = Mandevilla oaxacana (A.DC.) Hemsl.
  9. Mesechites hirtellus (Kunth) Miers = Mandevilla subsagittata (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
  10. Mesechites jasminiflorus (M.Martens & Galeotti) Miers = Mandevilla subsagittata (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
  11. Mesechites lanceolatus (R.Br.) Miers = Parsonsia lanceolata R.Br.
  12. Mesechites oaxacanus (A.DC.) Miers = Mandevilla oaxacana (A.DC.) Hemsl.
  13. Mesechites ovalis (Ruiz & Pav. ex Markgr.) Pichon = Allomarkgrafia ovalis (Ruiz & Pav. ex Markgr.) Woodson
  14. Mesechites plumeriiflorus (Woodson) Pichon = Allomarkgrafia plumeriiflora Woodson
  15. Mesechites siphiliticus (L.f.) Lemée = Tabernaemontana siphilitica (L.f.) Leeuwenb.
  16. Mesechites subcarnosus (Benth.) Miers = Mandevilla subcarnosa (Benth.) Woodson
  17. Mesechites sulphureus (Vell.) Müll.Arg. = Prestonia coalita (Vell.) Woodson
  18. Mesechites torulosus (L.) Miers = Mandevilla torosa (Jacq.) Woodson

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Morales, J. F. 2006. Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XXVI: una monografía del género Mesechites (Apocynoideae, Mesechiteae). Candollea 61(1): 215–277
  3. ↑ Morales, J. F. 2009. La familia Apocynaceae (Apocynoideae, Rauvolfioideae) en Guatemala. Darwiniana 47(1): 140–184
  4. ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México