Fischeria (plant)
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| Fischeria stellata Illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Asclepiadeae |
| Genus: | Fischeria DC. 1813 |
| Type species | |
| Fischeria scandens DC.
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Fischeria is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1813. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, and the West Indies.[1][2][3][4]
- Species[5]
- Fischeria billbergiana (Beurl.) Morillo - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
- Fischeria blepharopetala S.F.Blake - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
- Fischeria brachycalyx L.O.Williams - Costa Rica, Panama
- Fischeria panamensis Spellman - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua
- Fischeria polytricha Decne. - Brazil
- Fischeria scandens DC. - S Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Puebla, Campeche, Quinana Roo, Chiapas), Central America, Ecuador, Bolivia, Cuba, Jamaica
- Fischeria stellata (Vell.) E.Fourn. - Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Misiones Province of Argentina
- formerly included[5]
- F. aristolochiifolia, synonym of Gonolobus aristolochiifolius
- F. cincta, synonym of Gonolobus stapelioides
- F. heterophylla, synonym of Gonolobus heterophyllus
- F. hispida, synonym of Gonolobus hispidus
- F. setosa, synonym of Gonolobus setosus
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Fischeria (plant).
- ^ Murphy, H. 1986. A revision of the genus Fischeria (Asclepiadaceae). Systematic Botany 11(1): 229–241.
- ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil [1] Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- ^ 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.
- ^ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
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