Curtia

Curtia tenuifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Gentianaceae
Tribus: Saccifolieae
Genus: Curtia
Species: C. ayangannae – C. conferta – C. confusa – C. diffusa – C. intermedia – C. malmeana – C. obtusifolia – C. patula – C. pusilla – C. tenuifolia – C. verticillaris

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Curtia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 28. Reference page.

Name

Curtia Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 1: 209, t. 4. (1826)

• Type species: Curtia verticillaris (Spreng.) Knobl. Bot. Centralbl. 60: 357. (1894) originally designated as Curtia gentianoides Cham. & Schltdl. (1826)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Chamisso, L.K.A. von & Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von 1826. Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 1: 209, t. 4.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Curtia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Curtia. Published online. Accessed: Jul 28 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Curtia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Jul 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Curtia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Curtia. Accessed: 28 Jul 2021.

Vernacular names

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