Fritzschia Explained

Fritzschia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil.^[1] They are sprawling or erect shrubs, with their branchlets and their hypanthia coated with either glandular or villose trichomes.^[2]

Species

Species accepted by Plants of the World Online were:^[3]

• Fritzschia anisostemon Cham.
• Fritzschia furnensis R.Romero & M.J.Rocha
• Fritzschia erecta Cham.
• Fritzschia integrifolia Cham.

Other species in Fritzschia may include:^{[4] [2] [5]}

• Fritzschia almedae A.B.Martins
• Fritzschia atropurpurea D.Nunes, M.J.R.Rocha & P.J.F.Guim.
• Fritzschia cordifolia R.Romero, D.Nunes & M.J.R.Rocha
• Fritzschia edmundoi (Brade) M.J.R.Rocha & P.J.F.Guim.
• Fritzschia lanceiflora (DC.) M.J.R.Rocha & P.J.F.Guim.
• Fritzschia recubans Glaz.
• Fritzschia rupestris R.Pacifico, Almeda & D.Nunes
• Fritzschia sertularia (DC.) M.J.Rocha & P.J.F.Guim..
• Fritzschia sessilis (Spreng.) M.J.Rocha & P.J.F.Guim.
• Fritzschia stenodon (Naudin) M.J.Rocha & P.J.F.Guim.

Notes and References

1. 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01295.x . Phylogenetic relationships and distribution of New World Melastomeae (Melastomataceae) . 2013 . Michelangeli . Fabián A. . Guimaraes . Paulo J. F. . Penneys . Darin S. . Almeda . Frank . Kriebel . Ricardo . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . 171 . 38–60 . free .
2. 10.1600/036364418X697508 . Fritzschia rupestris (Melastomataceae: Marcetieae): A New Endangered Species from the Cadeia do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais, Brazil . 2018 . Pacifico . Ricardo . Almeda . Frank . Nunes Da Silva . Diego . 92592909 . Systematic Botany . 43 . 3 . 793–800 . Key to the Species .
3. Web site: Fritzschia Cham. . Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2020-06-23 .
4. 10.1600/036364419X15620113920707 . A New Endangered Species of Fritzschia Cham. (Melastomataceae, Marcetieae) from Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, Brazil . 2019 . Romero . Rosana . Nunes Da Silva . Diego . De-Paula . Orlando Cavalari . Reis Da Rocha . Maria José . 199571372 . Systematic Botany . 44 . 3 . 664–669 .
5. Web site: Fritzschia Cham. . gbif.org . GBIF Secretariat . GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. . 22 June 2020 .