Schaueria Explained
Schaueria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. They are endemic to Brazil, from Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul. They are characterized by small elongated white or yellow flowers and narrow to thread-like green or yellow bracts. They are found mainly in rain forests, semi-deciduous mountain forests, and restingas. They are pollinated by bees and hummingbirds.[1]
The genus was established by the German naturalist Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck in 1838.[2] It is considered monophyletic and includes 14 or 15 species.[1] [3]
Species
15 species are accepted.
- Schaueria calytricha (Link ex Nees) Orb. (synonym Schaueria calycotricha)
- Schaueria capitata Nees
- Schaueria gonatistachya (Nees & Mart.) Nees
- Schaueria hirta A.L.A.Côrtes
- Schaueria humuliflora (Nees & Mart.) Nees
- Schaueria lachnostachya
- Schaueria litoralis (Vell.) A.L.A.Côrtes
- Schaueria macrophylla
- Schaueria marginata Nees
- Schaueria maximiliani Nees
- Schaueria paranaensis (Rizzini) A.L.A.Côrtes
- Schaueria pyramidalis A.L.A.Côrtes
- Schaueria spicata
- Schaueria sulfurea
- Schaueria thyrsiflora A.L.A.Côrtes
See also
Notes and References
- Ana Luiza A. Côrtes. Alessandro Rapini. Thomas F. Daniel. amp. 2015. The Tetramerium lineage (Acanthaceae: Justicieae) does not support the Pleistocene Arc hypothesis for South American seasonally dry forests . American Journal of Botany. 102. 6. 992–1007. 10.3732/ajb.1400558. 26101423. free.
- Book: Nees von Esenbeck. C.G.D.. Delectus Seminum in horto botanico Vratislaviensi collectorum a. 1838. 1838. Breslau.
- Ana Luiza A. Côrtes. Thomas F. Daniel. Alessandro Rapini. amp. 2016. Taxonomic revision of the genus Schaueria (Acanthaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution. 302. 7. 819–851. 10.1007/s00606-016-1301-y. 2016PSyEv.302..819C. 16617216.
