Syngonanthus
Species
146 species are accepted.
Syngonanthus acephalus Hensold – Amazonas State in Venezuela
Syngonanthus albopulvinatus (Moldenke) Moldenke – Venezuela
Syngonanthus allenii Moldenke – Colombia, Amazonas State in Brazil
Syngonanthus amapensis Moldenke – Colombia, Venezuela, northwestern Brazil
Syngonanthus amazonicus Moldenke – Colombia, Venezuela, northwestern Brazil
Syngonanthus androsaceus (Griseb.) Ruhland – Cuba
Syngonanthus angolensis H.E.Hess – Angola, Zaïre, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi
Syngonanthus anomalus (Körn.) Ruhland – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Ecuador, the Guianas
Syngonanthus anthemidiflorus (Bong.) Ruhland – Brazil, Misiones Province of Argentina
Syngonanthus appressus (Körn.) Ruhland – central and southern Brazil
Syngonanthus aquaticus Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus arenarius (Gardner) Ruhland – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus atrovirens (Körn.) Ruhland – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus auripes Silveira – Bahia, Goiás
Syngonanthus bartlettii Moldenke – Belize
Syngonanthus bellus Moldenke – Venezuela, northern Brazil
Syngonanthus bianoensis Kimp. – Zaïre
Syngonanthus bicolor Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus biformis (N.E.Br.) Gleason – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Peru, the Guianas
Syngonanthus bisumbellatus (Steud.) Ruhland – Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Pará, Piauí
Syngonanthus blackii Moldenke – Pará
Syngonanthus bracteosus Moldenke – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus cabralensis Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus cachimboensis Moldenke – Pará
Syngonanthus canaliculatus Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus capillaceus Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus caulescens (Poir.) Ruhland – State of Veracruz in Mexico; Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, the Guianas, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Syngonanthus chapadensis Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus chrysanthus (Bong.) Ruhland – southeastern Brazil
Syngonanthus costatus Ruhland – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus cowanii Moldenke – southeastern Colombia, Amazonas State in Venezuela
Syngonanthus crassinervius Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus culcitosus Echtern. – west-central Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus cuyabensis (Bong.) Giul., Hensold & L.R.Parra – Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname
Syngonanthus davidsei Huft – Chiapas
Syngonanthus decorus Moldenke – Goiás
Syngonanthus densiflorus (Körn.) Ruhland – Peru, Brazil, Bolivia
Syngonanthus densifolius Silveira – Goiás and Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus densus (Körn.) Ruhland – Brazil
Syngonanthus diamantinensis Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus dichroanthus Hensold – Goiás
Syngonanthus discretifolius (Moldenke) M.T.C.Watan. –
Syngonanthus duidae Moldenke – Venezuela
Syngonanthus egleri Moldenke – Pará
Syngonanthus exilis S.M.Phillips – Zambia
Syngonanthus fenestratus Hensold – Venezuela, northern Brazil, Guyana
Syngonanthus ferrensis Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus filipes Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus fischerianus (Bong.) Ruhland – Brazil, Bolivia
Syngonanthus flaviceps Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus flavidulus (Michx.) Ruhland – southeastern USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina)
Syngonanthus fuscescens Ruhland – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus garimpensis Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus glandulifer Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus goyazensis (Körn.) Ruhland – Goiás, Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus gracilis (Bong.) Ruhland – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Peru, the Guianas, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay
Syngonanthus grao-mogolensis Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus helminthorrhizus (Mart. ex Körn.) Ruhland – Brazil, Paraguay
Syngonanthus hensoldiae M.T.C.Watan. & Sano – Goiás
Syngonanthus heteropeploides Herzog – Venezuela, northern Brazil, Guyana
Syngonanthus heterotrichus Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus hirtellus Ruhland – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus hondurensis Moldenke – Belize
Syngonanthus humbertii Moldenke – Madagascar
Syngonanthus humboldtii (Kunth) Ruhland – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, the Guianas
Syngonanthus hygrotrichus Ruhland – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus incurvifolius M.T.C.Watan. & Echtern. – Goiás
Syngonanthus insularis Moldenke – Isla de la Juventud in Cuba
Syngonanthus itambeensis Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus lagopodioides (Griseb.) Ruhland – Cuba
Syngonanthus lanatus Moldenke – Brazil
Syngonanthus lanceolatus Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus laricifolius (Gardner) Ruhland – Brazil
Syngonanthus latifolius (Moldenke) Hensold – Mato Grosso
Syngonanthus leprieurii (Körn.) Ruhland – Pará, French Guiana, Venezuela
Syngonanthus lisowskii Kimp – Zaïre
Syngonanthus llanorum Ruhland – Colombia; Apure State in Venezuela
Syngonanthus longibracteatus Kimp – Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
Syngonanthus longipes Gleason – Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname
Syngonanthus lundellianus Moldenke – Belize
Syngonanthus macrocephalus (Moldenke) Hensold – Cerro Sipapo in Venezuela
Syngonanthus macrolepis Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus manikaensis Kimp – Zaïre
Syngonanthus marginatus Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus micropus Silveira – São Paulo
Syngonanthus minutifolius Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus minutulus (Steud.) Moldenke – Pará, Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus minutus (Moldenke) Hensold – Auyán-tepui in Venezuela
Syngonanthus mollis M.T.C.Watan. – Bolivia and Peru
Syngonanthus multipes Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus mwinilungensis S.M.Phillips – Zambia
Syngonanthus nanus Moldenke – Paraná
Syngonanthus ngoweensis Lecomte – Zaïre, Congo-Brazzaville, Angola
Syngonanthus niger Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus nigroalbus Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus nitens (Bong.) Ruhland – Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela
Syngonanthus oblongus (Körn.) Ruhland – Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela
Syngonanthus oneillii Moldenke – Belize
Syngonanthus ottohuberi Hensold – Amazonas State in Venezuela
Syngonanthus pakaraimensis Moldenke – Venezuela, Guyana
Syngonanthus paleaceus S.M.Phillips – Zambia
Syngonanthus pallens Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus pauciflorus Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus peruvianus Ruhland (synonym Syngonanthus yacuambensis Moldenke ) – Ecuador and northeastern and central Peru
Syngonanthus philcoxii Moldenke – Mato Grosso
Syngonanthus philodicoides (Körn.) Ruhland – Bahia, Goiás
Syngonanthus pittieri Moldenke – Panama
Syngonanthus planus Ruhland – Bahia, Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus plumosus Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus poggeanus Ruhland – Burundi, Zaïre, Congo-Brazzaville, Angola, Zambia
Syngonanthus polyaxis Echtern. & M.T.C.Watan. – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus pulchellus Moldenke – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus pulcher (Körn.) Ruhland – Goiás, Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus pulvinellus Moldenke – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus quadrangularis Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus reclinatus (Körn.) Ruhland – Brazil
Syngonanthus restingensis Hensold & A.L.R.Oliveira – Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
Syngonanthus retrorsus Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus rhizonema Ruhland – São Paulo
Syngonanthus robinsonii Moldenke – Zaïre, Zambia
Syngonanthus saxicola (Körn.) Trovó & Stützel – Goiás
Syngonanthus schlechteri Ruhland – Zaïre, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Tanzania
Syngonanthus schwackei Ruhland – eastern Brazil
Syngonanthus sclerophyllus Ruhland – Goiás
Syngonanthus setifolius Hensold – northern Brazil, Venezuela
Syngonanthus sickii Moldenke – Pará
Syngonanthus simplex (Miq.) Ruhland – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, the Guianas
Syngonanthus sinuosus Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus spadiceus (Körn.) Ruhland – Piauí, Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus spongiosus Hensold – Amazonas State of Brazil
Syngonanthus surinamensis Moldenke – Suriname
Syngonanthus syngonanthoides (Silveira) Trovó & Stützel – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus tenuipes Silveira – Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus tenuis (Kunth) Ruhland – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil
Syngonanthus tiricensis Moldenke – Bolívar State in Venezuela
Syngonanthus trichophyllus Moldenke – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Guyana
Syngonanthus umbellatus (Lam.) Ruhland – Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, the Guianas
Syngonanthus upembaensis Kimp – Zaïre
Syngonanthus verticillatus (Bong.) Ruhland – Goiás, Minas Gerais
Syngonanthus vittatus M.T.C.Watan. & Echtern. – Goiás
Syngonanthus wahlbergii (Wikstr. ex Körn.) Ruhland – from Nigeria east to Tanzania, south to northern South Africa
Syngonanthus weddellii Moldenke – Pará, Goiás
Syngonanthus welwitschii (Rendle) Ruhland – Zaïre, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia
Syngonanthus widgrenianus (Körn.) Ruhland – eastern Brazil
Syngonanthus williamsii (Moldenke) Hensold – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil
Syngonanthus xinguensis Moldenke – Mato Grosso
References
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