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    Echites

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Genus of plants

    Echites
    Echites umbellatus
    Scientific classification e
    Kingdom: Plantae
    Clade: Tracheophytes
    Clade: Angiosperms
    Clade: Eudicots
    Clade: Asterids
    Order: Gentianales
    Family: Apocynaceae
    Subfamily: Apocynoideae
    Tribe: Echiteae
    Genus: Echites
    P.Browne (1756)
    Synonyms[1]
    • Allotoonia J.F.Morales & J.K.Williams (2004)
    • Echithes Thunb. (1818), orth. var.
    • Fernaldia Woodson (1932)

    Echites is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1756. It is primarily native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida.[1][2][3][4][5]

    Species

    Over 500 names have been published for species, subspecies, and varieties within Echites, but most have been relegated to synonymy or moved to other genera. 14 species are currently accepted.[1]

    1. Echites agglutinatus Jacq. - Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands
    2. Echites asperoglottis (Woodson) J.F.Morales, M.E.Endress & Liede – Mexico (México State, Michoacán, and Guerrero)
    3. Echites brevipedunculatus Lippold - Cuba
    4. Echites cajalbanicus Lippold - Cuba
    5. Echites candelarianus J.F.Morales - Costa Rica
    6. Echites darienensis J.F.Morales - Panama
    7. Echites panduratus A.DC. – northeastern Mexico to Costa Rica
    8. Echites puntarenensis J.F.Morales - Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
    9. Echites speciosissimus (Woodson) J.F.Morales, M.E.Endress & Liede – Costa Rica and Panama
    10. Echites turbinatus Woodson - Chiapas, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
    11. Echites tuxtlensis Standl. - Chiapas, Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras
    12. Echites umbellatus Jacq. - Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Bahamas, Florida, Turks & Caicos Islands, Colombian islands in the Western Caribbean
    13. Echites woodsonianus Monach. - Michoacán, Guerrero, Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
    14. Echites yucatanensis Millsp. ex Standl. - Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Jalisco, Guerrero, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Echites P.Browne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
    2. ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
    3. ↑ Morales, F. J. 1997. A reevaluation of Echites and Prestonia sect. Coalitae (Apocynaeae). Brittonia 49(3): 328–336.
    4. ↑ Morales, J. F. 2009. La familia Apocynaceae (Apocynoideae, Rauvolfioideae) en Guatemala. Darwiniana 47(1): 140–184.
    5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Echites umbellatus

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