Hirtella racemosa Lam. sec. Greuter & Rankin Rodríguez 20161

Hirtella racemosa Lam. sec. Greuter & Rankin Rodríguez 20161

Placement status: taxon excluded (geographically out of scope)

Distribución

    CuJa AmN AmC AmS 

    North America: nativeA Jamaica: nativeA Cuba: nativeB South America: nativeA Central America: nativeA

Notas

The type of Hirtella nitida is not from Cuba as claimed by Kunth (in Humboldt & al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 246), but probably from Venezuela (according to Prance [in Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 329. 1972, as “Hirtella racemosa var. hexandra,”] the corresponding taxón only occurs in mainland America).

Bibliography

A. Greuter, W. & Rankin Rodríguez, R. 2022: Plantas vasculares de Cuba: inventario preliminar. Revisiones.
B. Prance, G.T. 1972: Chrysobalanaceae. – Flora Neotropica Monographs 9

Nomenclatura y Sinonimia

Hirtella racemosa Lam. sec. Greuter & Rankin Rodríguez 20162
    • 2. Greuter, W. & Rankin Rodríguez, R. 2016: Espermatófitos de Cuba. Inventario preliminar. Parte II. Inventario
    • =Hirtella hexandra Willd.
    • Hirtella racemosa var. hexandra (Willd.) Prance
    • =Hirtella nitida Humb. & Bonpl. ex Roem. & Schult.