Exostema
| Exostema | |
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| Illustration of Exostemma caribaeum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
| Tribe: | Chiococceae |
| Genus: | Exostema ( Humb. & Bonpl.
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| Type species | |
| Exostema caribaeum | |
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Exostema is a
Description
Exostema is a genus of neotropical
anthers are long and basifixed.[3]
Systematics
The type species for the genus is Exostema caribaeum.[4] It is a tree of Central America and the Caribbean. Its lumber is of limited use.[1]
Exostema was first
validly published as a genus by Aimé Bonpland in 1807.[6][7] The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek words, exo, meaning "outside", and stema, "stamen".[8]
As
polyphyletic.[9]
Species have since been moved to other genera.
Species
As of March 2023[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[10]
- Exostema acuminatum Urb.
- Exostema bicolor Poepp.
- Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Schult.
- Exostema coriaceum (Poir.) Schult.
- Exostema glaberrimum Borhidi & M.Fernández
- Exostema lancifolium Borhidi & Acuña
- Exostema nitens Urb.
- Exostema purpureum Griseb.
- Exostema revolutum Borhidi & M.Fernández
- Exostema salicifolium Griseb.
- Exostema spinosum (Le Vavass.) Krug & Urb.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4.
- ^ "Exostema in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- S2CID 23714607.
- ^ "Exostema in the Index Nominum Genericorum". Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. 1805. Synopsis plantarum,seu Enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum /curante. 1:196.
- ^ "Exostema in the International Plant Names Index". Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland. 1807. Plantes équinoxiales recueillies au Mexique :dans l'île de Cuba, dans les provinces de Caracas, de Cumana et de Barcelone, aux Andes de la Nouvelle Grenade, de Quito et du Pérou, et sur les bords du rio-Negro de Orénoque et de la rivière des Amazones. 1:131. F. Schoell: Paris, France.
- ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
- PMID 20382247.
- ^ "Exostema (Pers.) Bonpl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-03-19.