Piptocoma Less.
First published in Linnaea 4: 315 (1829)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Costa Rica to S. Tropical America, Caribbean.
Distribution
Native to:
Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Leeward Is., Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles
Introduced into:
Madagascar
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Adenocyclus Less. in Linnaea 4: 337 (1829)
- Dialesta Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 35 (1818)
- Odontoloma Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 34 (1818)
- Pollalesta Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 36 (1818)
- Trianthaea (DC.) Spach in Hist. Nat. Vég. 10: 39 (1841)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0