Macropharynx Explained

Macropharynx is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1927. It is native to South America and Central America.^[1]

Based on a phylogenetic analysis, the genus Peltastes was merged into Macropharynx in 2017.^[2]

Species

14 species are currently accepted:

• Macropharynx abnorma – northern Peru
• Macropharynx anomala Woodson – Ecuador
• Macropharynx colombiana – northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela
• Macropharynx conflictiva – northern Peru
• Macropharynx gigantea – Peru and northern Bolivia
• Macropharynx isthmica – Costa Rica to northwestern Venezuela
• Macropharynx meyeri (C.Ezcurra) Xifreda – northwestern Argentina
• Macropharynx peltata – northeastern Brazil to northern Argentina
• Macropharynx peruviana – Peru
• Macropharynx pulchra – eastern Brazil
• Macropharynx renteriae A.H.Gentry – Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia, and Ecuador
• Macropharynx spectabilis (Stadelm.) Woodson – Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, northwestern Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador
• Macropharynx steyermarkii (Markgr.) J.F.Morales – northwestern Venezuela
• Macropharynx venusta – Ecuador

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=117081 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Morales, J.F., Endress, M.E. and Liede-Schumann, S. (2017), Sex, drugs and pupusas: Disentangling relationships in Echiteae (Apocynaceae). Taxon, 66: 623-644. https://doi.org/10.12705/663.7