Schlegelia
| Schlegelia | |
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| Schlegelia parasitica flowers | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Schlegeliaceae |
| Genus: | Schlegelia Miq. |
Schlegelia is a group of plants described as a genus in 1844.[1][2] The genus is named after the German anatomist and physician Paul Marquard Schlegel.
Schlegelia is native to tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere from southern Mexico and the West Indies to southern Brazil.[3]
- Species[3]
- Schlegelia aurea - Brazil (Amazonas)
- Schlegelia axillaris - Jamaica, Lesser Antilles
- Schlegelia brachyantha - Greater Antilles, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Panama
- Schlegelia cauliflora - Loreto
- Schlegelia chocoensis - Colombia, Ecuador
- Schlegelia darienensis - Colombia, Ecuador
- Schlegelia dressleri - Panama, Ecuador
- Schlegelia fastigiata - Colombia, Ecuador, Central America
- Schlegelia fuscata - Colombia, Ecuador, Central America, French Guiana
- Schlegelia hirsuta - Colombia
- Schlegelia macrocarpa - Guatemala
- Schlegelia macrophylla - French Guiana, Peru
- Schlegelia monachinoi - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
- Schlegelia nicaraguensis - Central America, Veracruz
- Schlegelia pandurata - Colombia, Ecuador
- Schlegelia paraensis - French Guiana, Suriname, Pará
- Schlegelia parasitica - Jamaica
- Schlegelia parviflora - from Belize to S Brazil
- Schlegelia roseiflora - French Guiana, Peru
- Schlegelia scandens - northern South America
- Schlegelia spruceana - Guyana, Venezuela, N Brazil
- Schlegelia sulphurea - Colombia, Ecuador
- Schlegelia violacea - northern South America
References[edit]
- ^ Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1844. Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 2(46): 785-789 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
- ^ Tropicos, Schlegelia Miq.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Famiiles