Liabum Adans.
First published in Fam. Pl. 2: 131 (1763)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is S. Mexico to Tropical America.
Distribution
Native to:
Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Allendea La Llave in P.de La Llave & J.M.de Lexarza, Nov. Veg. Descr. 1: 10 (1824)
- Andromachia Bonpl. in F.W.H.A.von Humboldt & A.J.A.Bonpland, Pl. Aequinoct. 2: 104 (1812)
- Starkea Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 2216 (1803)
- Viviania Willd. ex Less. in Linnaea 4: 318 (1829), not validly publ.
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