Ruehssia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae.[1] It is also in the Asclepiadoideae subfamily and Marsdenieae tribe.[2][3]
Ruehssia | |
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Ruehssia woodburyana, Puerto Rico | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
Tribe: | Marsdenieae |
Genus: | Ruehssia H.Karst. |
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Its native range is tropical and subtropical South America. It is found in Argentina (north-eastern and north-western), Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (north, north-eastern, south, south-eastern and west-central), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Mexico (north-eastern, south-eastern and south-western), Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and the Windward Islands.[1]
The genus name of Ruehssia is in honour of Carl Andreas Rühsz (1805–1880), the German consul in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. He was a supporter of art and science.[4] It was first described and published in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten Vol.19 on page 304 in 1849.[1]
Species
editAs of November 2023[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]
- Ruehssia altissima (Jacq.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia amorimii (Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia amylacea (Barb.Rodr.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia asclepioidea (Rusby) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia asplundii (Morillo & Spellman) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia astephanoides (A.Gray) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia avacanoeira (F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia beatricis (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia bergii (Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia bourgaeana (Baill.) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia brasiliensis (Decne.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia breviramosa (Rapini & Fontella) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia caatingae (Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia calcaria (F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia calichicola (Carnevali & Juárez-Jaimes) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia callosa (Juárez-Jaimes & W.D.Stevens) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia carterae (W.D.Stevens & Juárez-Jaimes) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia carvalhoi (Morillo & Carnevali) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia castillonii (Lillo ex T.Mey.) H.A.Keller & Liede
- Ruehssia clausa (R.Br.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
- Ruehssia colombiana (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia condensiflora (S.F.Blake) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia coulteri (Hemsl.) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia cubensis (Turcz.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
- Ruehssia cuixmalensis (Juárez-Jaimes & L.O.Alvarado) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia cundurango (Triana) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia dictyophylla (Urb.) Acev.-Rodr.
- Ruehssia dorothyae (Fontella & Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia dussii (Schltr.) Acev.-Rodr.
- Ruehssia ecuadorensis (Morillo & Spellman) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia edulis (S.Watson) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia ekmanii (Alain) Acev.-Rodr.
- Ruehssia elliptica (Decne.) Acev.-Rodr.
- Ruehssia fontellana (Morillo & Carnevali) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia fruticosa (Donn.Sm.) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia fusca (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
- Ruehssia gallardoae (Lozada-Pérez) Lozada-Pérez
- Ruehssia gillespieae (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia gualanensis (Donn.Sm.) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia guanchezii (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia guaranitica (Malme) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia gymnemoides (W.Rothe) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia haitiensis (Urb.) Acev.-Rodr.
- Ruehssia hassleriana (Malme) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia hatschbachii (Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia heringeri (Fontella) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia hilariana (E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia hiriartiana (Juárez-Jaimes & W.D.Stevens) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia lanata (Paul G.Wilson) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia lauretiana (Woodson) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia laxiflora (Donn.Sm.) Gonz.-Martínez & Lozada-Pérez
- Ruehssia lindenii S.Reuss, Manitz & Liede
- Ruehssia linearis (Decne.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
- Ruehssia longiflora (A.Rich.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
- Ruehssia loniceroides (Hook.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia ludani (Juárez-Jaimes & Saynes) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia macfadyenii (Rendle) Acev.-Rodr.
- Ruehssia macroglossa (Schltr.) Acev.-Rodr.
- Ruehssia macrophylla (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) H.Karst.
- Ruehssia magallanesiana (Juárez-Jaimes) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia malmeana (W.Rothe) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia mayana (Lundell) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia megalantha (Goyder & Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia mexicana (Decne.) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia micrantha (Alain) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
- Ruehssia microcarpa (Juárez-Jaimes & Lozada-Pérez) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia minutiflora (F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia mollis (Brandegee) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia montana (Malme) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia naiguatensis (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia nana (Rapini & Fontella) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia neomanarae (Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia neriifolia (Decne.) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia nitida (Poir.) Acev.-Rodr.
- Ruehssia nubicola (Alain) Acev.-Rodr.
- Ruehssia oaxacana (Morillo) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia oligantha (K.Schum.) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia otoniensis (Fontella & Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia paganuccii (F.Esp.Santo & A.P.B.Santos) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia paraguaiensis (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia paraibana (F.Esp.Santo & A.P.B.Santos) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia parvifolia (Brandegee) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia phallica (F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia pickelii (Fontella & Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia pinetorum (Standl. & L.O.Williams) Gonz.-Martínez & Lozada-Pérez
- Ruehssia popoluca (Juárez-Jaimes & A.Campos) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia pringlei (S.Watson) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia propinqua (Hemsl.) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia quirinopolensis I.L.Morais & F.Esp.Santo
- Ruehssia riparia (Morillo & Spellman) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia robinsonii (J.R.Johnst.) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia rotheana (Woodson) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia rubrofusca (E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia rupestris (F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia rzedowskiana (Juárez-Jaimes & W.D.Stevens) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia salaschiblii (L.O.Alvarado & K.Maya M.) K.Maya M.
- Ruehssia saturejifolia (A.Rich.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
- Ruehssia schlechteriana (W.Rothe) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia serpentina (F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia sessilifolia (E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia smithii (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia spiralis (W.Rothe) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia sprucei (W.Rothe) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia stephanotidifolia (Woodson) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia stevensiana (Juárez-Jaimes) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia steyermarkii (Woodson) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia suberosa (E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia suffruticosa (Alain) Acev.-Rodr.
- Ruehssia sumiderensis Lozada-Pérez, Ram.-Mar. & Gonz.-Martínez
- Ruehssia tholiformis (Juárez-Jaimes & L.O.Alvarado) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia thomasii (Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia tolimensis (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia tressensiae (S.A.Cáceres & Morillo) H.A.Keller & Liede
- Ruehssia trisegmentata (F.Esp.Santo & A.P.B.Santos) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia trivirgulata (Bartlett) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia troyana (Urb.) Acev.-Rodr.
- Ruehssia tubularis (L.O.Williams) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia ulei (Schltr. & W.Rothe) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia umbellata (Griseb.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
- Ruehssia undulata (Jacq.) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia veronicae (W.D.Stevens) L.O.Alvarado
- Ruehssia vinciflora (Griseb.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
- Ruehssia virgultorum (E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia weberbaueri (Schltr. & W.Rothe) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia weddellii (E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia woodburyana (Acev.-Rodr.) Goyder
- Ruehssia xerohylica (Dugand) Liede & H.A.Keller
- Ruehssia yamanigueyensis Mangelsdorff
- Ruehssia zehntneri (Fontella) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
- Ruehssia zimapanica (Hemsl.) L.O.Alvarado
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Ruehssia H.Karst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ LIEDE-SCHUMANN, SIGRID; KELLER, HÉCTOR A. (17 November 2020). "New combinations in Ruehssia for the South American species of Marsdenia (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae)". Phytotaxa. 471 (3): 283–289. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.471.3.10. S2CID 228862969.
- ^ Espírito Santo, Fabio da Silva do; Rapini, Alessandro; Ribeiro, Patrícia Luz; Liede-Schumann, Sigrid; Goyder, David J.; Fontella-Pereira, Jorge (2019). "Phylogeny of the tribe Marsdenieae (Apocynaceae), reinstatement of Ruehssia and the taxonomic treatment of the genus in Brazil". Kew Bulletin. 74 (30). Bibcode:2019KewBu..74...30E. doi:10.1007/s12225-019-9807-4. S2CID 255559218.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.