Norantea

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Marcgraviaceae
Subfamilia: Noranteoideae
Genus: Norantea
Name

Norantea Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 554. 1775. – Hist. Pl. Guiane 4: t. 220. 1775.

Type species: Norantea guianensis Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 554. 1775.

Synonymy

Homotypic
Ascium Schreb., Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a], 1: 358(–359). 1789, nom. illeg. superfl.
Norantea subg. Sacciophyllum Delpino, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 12: 181, 202. 1869. – Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 1(4): 258, 278(–279). 1869.
Type species: Norantea guianensis Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 554. 1775. – Lectotype designated by Bedell (1989), Fl. Lesser Antilles 5: 305.
Norantea subsect. Sacciophyllum (Delpino) Szyszył., Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engl. & Prantl] III. 6: 164. 1893.
Norantea sect. Sacciophyllum (Delpino) Gilg & Werderm., Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engl. & Prantl], 21: 101. 1925. (as Saccophyllum)

Heterotypic
Ascium Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 2: 41. 1798, nom. illeg.
Type species: Ascium violaceum Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 2: 41. 1798
Ascyum Vahl ex Choisy in DC., Prodr. 1: 566. 1824, orth. var., pro syn.

Overview of species
Accepted species

N. guianensis
Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to Giraldo-Cañas (2011).
Names in synonymy

Ascium adamantium – A. anomalum – A. aubletii – A. berteroi – A. goyasense – A. guianense – A. japurense – A. norantea – A. paraense – A. selloi – A. violaceum – Norantea adamantium – N. albidorosea – N. anomala – N. aurantiaca – N. bahiensis – N. berteroi – N. brasiliensis – N. brenesii – N. cacabifera – N. caccabion – N. cordachida – N. costaricensis – N. cuneifolia – N. curva – N. delpiniana – N. droseriformis – N. eoetvoesorum – N. gigantophylla – N. goyasensis – N. gracilis – N. haematoscypha – N. japurensis – N. jimenezii – N. jussiaei – N. loczyi – N. macrocarpa – N. macroscypha – N. macrostoma – N. magnifica – N. microscypha – N. mixta – N. obovata – N. oxystylis – N. paraensis – N. pardoana – N. peduncularis – N. pendula – N. sandiensis – N. selloi – N. sessiliflora – N. sessilis – N. sodiroi – N. spiciflora – N. subsessilis – N. tepuiensis – N. uleana – N. violacea – N. weddelliana – N. zahlbruckneri – N. zeledoniana
Unresolved names

N. brachystachya – N. indica – N. rosea
Source(s) of checklist:
List of unresolved names based on all names from IPNI that are not confirmed either as correct names of accepted species or as synonyms.
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Caribbean
Trinidad-Tobago.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil West-Central, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page.
Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 4. Tt. 194–392. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page.
Vahl, M. 1798. Eclogae americanae seu descriptiones plantarum praesertim Americae meridionalis, nondum cognitarum. Fasc. 2. 56 pp., tt. XI–XX. Nicolaus Möller & fil., Hauniae [Copenhagen]. Biblioteca Digital BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Dressler, S. 2001. Marcgraviaceae. Pp. 248–260 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 6, Liliaceae–Myrsinaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-81-9. Reference page.
Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2002. Los géneros Marcgraviastrum y Norantea (Marcgraviaceae) en Brasil. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 26: 469–476. PDF Reference page.
Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2011. Estudios morfológicos y taxonómicos en el complejo Norantea (Marcgraviaceae): Revisión de Norantea, Pseudosarcopera y Schwartzia. Biblioteca José Jerónimo Triana 22: 1–175. PDF Reference page.
Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2011. Las Marcgraviaceae de Colombia: Inventario, diversidad, endemismo y distribución. Bioetnia 8: 28–39. PDF Reference page.
Giraldo-Cañas, D. & Fiaschi, P. 2005. Las Marcgraviaceae (Ericales) de Brasil: Las especies del complejo Norantea. Caldasia 27: 173–194. Online Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Norantea. Published online. Accessed: 11 August 2019.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Norantea in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2016 January 26.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Norantea.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Norantea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-08-11.
Hassler, M. 2019. Norantea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 August 11. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Norantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 11 August 2019.
Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Norantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 11 August 2019.
Norantea in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 11 August 2019.
Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Norantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 11 August 2019.
Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Norantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 11 August 2019.
Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Norantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 11 August 2019.
Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Norantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 11 August 2019.
Norantea in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 11 August 2019.

Norantea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Marcgraviaceae.[1]

Its native range is the Southern Caribbean to Southern Tropical America.[1]
Species

Species:

Norantea brasiliensis Choisy
Norantea guianensis Aubl.[1]

References

"Norantea Aubl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.