Schubertia Explained

Schubertia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810.^{[1] [2]} It is native to South America.

The name Schubertia has been used three times in botany, with this genus in the Apocynaceae the only one retaining the name. Species names created using the other two homonyms have all been changed in accordance with international botanical custom (see below).^[3]

Species^[4]

1. Schubertia grandiflora Mart. - Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Peru
2. Schubertia morilloana Fontella - Minas Gerais, Bahia
3. Schubertia multiflora Mart. - Piauí, Bahia, Pernambuco
4. Schubertia schreiteri Descole & T. Mey. - Chuquisaca in Bolivia; Jujuy + Salta in Argentina

formerly included^[4] moved to other genera (Araujia, Cryptomeria, Glyptostrobus, Harmsiopanax, Macroscepis, Matelea, Sequoia, Taxodium, Widdringtonia)

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/744566#page/59/mode/1up Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1824. Nova genera et species plantarum :quas in itinere per Brasiliam MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I., Bavariae regis augustissimi instituto 1: 55
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40032867 Tropicos, genus Schubertia
3. http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Schubertia The Plant List, genus Schubertia