Tassadia
| Tassadia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Gentianales | 
| Family: | Apocynaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae | 
| Tribe: | Asclepiadeae | 
| Genus: | Decne.  | 
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tassadia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. It is native primarily to South America, with one species extending north into Central America, S Mexico, and Trinidad.[2][3][4]
Species
31 species are accepted:[1]
- Tassadia aristata (Benth. ex E.Fourn.) Fontella - NW Brazil
 - Tassadia berteroanum (Spreng.) W.D.Stevens - Suriname, Venezuela, N Brazil
 - Tassadia burchellii E.Fourn. - Brazil
 - Tassadia capitata W.D. Stevens - Bolivia, Brazil
 - Tassadia castellanosii Fontella - Amazonas State in Venezuela
 - Tassadia cordata Malme - Peru
 - Tassadia decaisneana Miq. - Guyana, Suriname
 - Tassadia decalepis (Turcz.) Liede & Meve – northern South America
 - Tassadia emygdioi Fontella - Venezuela
 - Tassadia fosteri (Morillo) Liede & Meve – Peru
 - Tassadia geniculata Fontella - Brazil
 - Tassadia grazielae Fontella - Peru, Bolivia
 - Tassadia guanchezii (Morillo) Liede & Meve – southeastern Colombia to Venezuela (Amazonas) and northern Brazil
 - Tassadia guianensis Decne. - Brazil, Ecuador, 3 Guianas
 - Tassadia ivonae Morillo - Amazonas + Bolívar States in S Venezuela
 - Tassadia kamaensis (Morillo) Morillo - Bolívar State in SE Venezuela
 - Tassadia lanceolata Decne. – Brazil (Minas Gerais)
 - Tassadia leptobotrys Decne. - Suriname, N Brazil
 - Tassadia manarae (Morillo) Liede & Meve - Venezuela
 - Tassadia martiana Decne. - Brazil
 - Tassadia medinae (Morillo) Morillo - Venezuela, N Brazil
 - Tassadia milanezii Fontella - Peru, NW Brazil
 - Tassadia obovata Decne. - widespread from Veracruz + Trinidad south to Bolivia
 - Tassadia ovalifolia (E.Fourn.) Fontella - Venezuela, N Brazil
 - Tassadia pentalepis (Turcz.) Liede & Meve – northwestern Venezuela to northern Peru
 - Tassadia propinqua Decne. - Venezuela, N Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
 - Tassadia richardiana (Alain) Liede & Mangelsdorff – Cuba
 - Tassadia rizzoana Fontella - N + NW Brazil
 - Tassadia strica (E.Fourn.) Liede & Rapini - southeastern Colombia to Venezuela (Amazonas) and Brazil (Amazonas)
 - Tassadia trailiana (Benth.) Fontella - Guyana, N Brazil, Amazonas State in Venezuela
 - Tassadia valioi Fontella - Peru, Ecuador
 
References
- ^ a b Tassadia Decne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
 - ^ 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
 - ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
 - ^ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas