Souroubea Explained

Souroubea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marcgraviaceae, native to southern Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, and northern South America. Some species are psychophilous (pollinated by butterflies in the day), and some are sphingophilous (pollinated by moths at night).^[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

• Souroubea bicolor (Benth.) de Roon
• Souroubea corallina (Mart.) de Roon
• Souroubea crassipes (Triana & Planch.) Wittm.
• Souroubea crassipetala de Roon
• Souroubea dasystachya Gilg & Werderm.
• Souroubea didyma Gilg
• Souroubea exauriculata Delpino
• Souroubea fragilis de Roon
• Souroubea gilgii V.A.Richt.
• Souroubea guianensis Aubl.
• Souroubea intermedia de Roon
• Souroubea loczyi (V.A.Richt.) de Roon
• Souroubea pachyphylla Gilg
• Souroubea peruviana Gilg
• Souroubea platyadenia (Gilg) de Roon
• Souroubea stichadenia de Roon
• Souroubea sympetala Gilg
• Souroubea vallicola Woodson ex de Roon
• Souroubea venosa Schery

Notes and References

1. Souroubea guianensis Aubl.: Quest for its Legitimate Pollinator and the First Record of Tapetal Oil in the Marcgraviaceae . 2000 . Machado . I. . Annals of Botany . 85 . 6 . 705–711 . 10.1006/anbo.2000.1120 . free .
2. Web site: Souroubea Aubl. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 12 November 2020 .