Schaueria

Schaueria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. They are endemic to Brazil, from Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul. They are characterized by small elongated white or yellow flowers and narrow to thread-like green or yellow bracts. They are found mainly in rain forests, semi-deciduous mountain forests, and restingas. They are pollinated by bees and hummingbirds.^[1]

The genus was established by the German naturalist Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck in 1838.^[2] It is considered monophyletic and includes 14 or 15 species.^[1][3][4]

Species

15 species are accepted.^[4]

• Schaueria calytricha (Link ex Nees) Orb. (synonym Schaueria calycotricha (Link & Otto) Nees)
• Schaueria capitata Nees
• Schaueria gonatistachya (Nees & Mart.) Nees
• Schaueria hirta A.L.A.Côrtes
• Schaueria humuliflora (Nees & Mart.) Nees
• Schaueria lachnostachya Nees
• Schaueria litoralis (Vell.) A.L.A.Côrtes
• Schaueria macrophylla Nees
• Schaueria marginata Nees
• Schaueria maximiliani Nees
• Schaueria paranaensis (Rizzini) A.L.A.Côrtes
• Schaueria pyramidalis A.L.A.Côrtes
• Schaueria spicata (Vell.) A.L.A.Côrtes
• Schaueria sulfurea Nees
• Schaueria thyrsiflora A.L.A.Côrtes

See also

• Justicia

References

1. ^ Ana Luiza A. Côrtes; Alessandro Rapini; & Thomas F. Daniel (2015). "The Tetramerium lineage (Acanthaceae: Justicieae) does not support the Pleistocene Arc hypothesis for South American seasonally dry forests". American Journal of Botany. 102 (6): 992–1007. doi:10.3732/ajb.1400558. PMID 26101423
2. ^ Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1838). Delectus Seminum in horto botanico Vratislaviensi collectorum a. 1838. Breslau.
3. ^ Ana Luiza A. Côrtes; Thomas F. Daniel; & Alessandro Rapini (2016). "Taxonomic revision of the genus Schaueria (Acanthaceae)". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 302 (7): 819–851. Bibcode:2016PSyEv.302..819C. doi:10.1007/s00606-016-1301-y. S2CID 16617216
4. ^ Schaueria Nees. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 February 2024.