Barjonia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Metastelmatinae
Genus: Barjonia
Species: B. chlorifolia – B. cymosa – B. erecta – B. furlanii – B. glazioui – B. grazielae – B. laxa
Name

Barjonia Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 512 (1844)

Type species: Barjonia erecta (Vell.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 285 (1891)

References

Decaisne, J. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 512.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Barjonia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Barjonia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 19 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Barjonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Sept. 2017.

Barjonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.[1] They are native to South America.[2][3]

Species[4]

Barjonia chlorifolia Decne. - Brazil, Bolivia
Barjonia cymosa E.Fourn. - Brazil
Barjonia erecta (Vell.) K.Schum. - Goiás, Mato Grosso
Barjonia glazioui Marquete - Goiás, Distrito Federal
Barjonia grazielae Marquete - Goiás, Distrito Federal
Barjonia harleyi Fontella & Marquete - Bahia
Barjonia laxa Malme - Brazil, Bolivia

formerly included[4]

transferred to Hemipogon, Minaria

B. acerosa now Hemipogon hemipogonoides
B. ditassoides now Minaria ditassoides
B. parva now Minaria parva

References

Decaisne, Joseph. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 512 in Latin
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil [1] Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin de las plantas de los cerrados de la Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
The Plant List, genus Hemipogon