Tassadia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. It is native primarily to South America, with one species extending north into Central America, S Mexico, and Trinidad.[2][3][4]
Species
31 species are accepted:[1]
- Tassadia aristata (Benth. ex E.Fourn.) Fontella – NW Brazil
- Tassadia berteroanum (Spreng.) W.D.Stevens – Suriname, Venezuela, N Brazil
- Tassadia burchellii E.Fourn. – Brazil
- Tassadia capitata W.D. Stevens – Bolivia, Brazil
- Tassadia castellanosii Fontella – Amazonas State in Venezuela
- Tassadia cordata Malme – Peru
- Tassadia decaisneana Miq. – Guyana, Suriname
- Tassadia decalepis (Turcz.) Liede & Meve – northern South America
- Tassadia emygdioi Fontella – Venezuela
- Tassadia fosteri (Morillo) Liede & Meve – Peru
- Tassadia geniculata Fontella – Brazil
- Tassadia grazielae Fontella – Peru, Bolivia
- Tassadia guanchezii (Morillo) Liede & Meve – southeastern Colombia to Venezuela (Amazonas) and northern Brazil
- Tassadia guianensis Decne. – Brazil, Ecuador, 3 Guianas
- Tassadia ivonae Morillo – Amazonas + Bolívar States in S Venezuela
- Tassadia kamaensis (Morillo) Morillo – Bolívar State in SE Venezuela
- Tassadia lanceolata Decne. – Brazil (Minas Gerais)
- Tassadia leptobotrys Decne. – Suriname, N Brazil
- Tassadia manarae (Morillo) Liede & Meve – Venezuela
- Tassadia martiana Decne. – Brazil
- Tassadia medinae (Morillo) Morillo – Venezuela, N Brazil
- Tassadia milanezii Fontella – Peru, NW Brazil
- Tassadia obovata Decne. – widespread from Veracruz + Trinidad south to Bolivia
- Tassadia ovalifolia (E.Fourn.) Fontella – Venezuela, N Brazil
- Tassadia pentalepis (Turcz.) Liede & Meve – northwestern Venezuela to northern Peru
- Tassadia propinqua Decne. – Venezuela, N Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
- Tassadia richardiana (Alain) Liede & Mangelsdorff – Cuba
- Tassadia rizzoana Fontella – N + NW Brazil
- Tassadia strica (E.Fourn.) Liede & Rapini – southeastern Colombia to Venezuela (Amazonas) and Brazil (Amazonas)
- Tassadia trailiana (Benth.) Fontella – Guyana, N Brazil, Amazonas State in Venezuela
- Tassadia valioi Fontella – Peru, Ecuador
References
- ^ a b Tassadia Decne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ 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
- ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- ^ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas