Coulteria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Caesalpinieae
Genus: Coulteria
Species: C. cubensis – C. delgadoana – C. glabra – C. lewisii – C. mollis – C. platyloba – C. pringlei – C. pumila – C. rosalindamedinae – C. velutina
Name

Coulteria Kunth, in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 328 (1824) emend. Sotuyo et al. (2017)

Type species: Coulteriaa mollis Kunth (1824)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Adenocalyx Bertero ex Kunth, in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 330 (1824)
Brasilettia (DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 164 (1891)
Guaymasia Britton & Rose, in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 322 (1930)

References

Kunth, C.S. 1824. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 6: 328.
Sotuyo, S., Contreras, J.L., Gagnon, E. & Lewis, G.P. 2017. A synopsis of Coulteria (Leguminosae), including new names and synonyms. Phytotaxa 291(1): 33–42. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.291.1.3 Paywall PDF. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Coulteria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct. 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Coulteria. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 3 2023. Reference page.

Coulteria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes ten species native the tropical Americas, from northern Mexico through Central America to Colombia and Venzezuela, including Cuba and Jamaica.[1]
Species

Coulteria comprises the following species:[1][2]

Coulteria cubensis (Greenm. 1897) S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis 2017 – Cuba, Jamaica, southeastern Mexico, Belize, and Honduras
Coulteria delgadoana Sotuyo & J.L.Contr. – southwestern Mexico (Michoacán and Guerrero)
Coulteria glabra (Britton & Rose 1930) J.L. Contreras, S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis 2017 – western Mexico
Coulteria lewisii Sotuyo & J.L.Contr. – southwestern Mexico (Michoacán and Guerrero)
Coulteria mollis Kunth – eastern Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela
Coulteria platyloba (S.Watson) N.Zamora – Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica
Coulteria pringlei (Britton & Rose 1930) J.L. Contreras, S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis 2017 – northeastern Mexico
Coulteria pumila (Britton & Rose 1930) S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis 2017 – northwestern Mexico (Sonora)
Coulteria rosalindamedinae R.Torres, Saynes & Tenorio – south-central Mexico Puebla and Oaxaca)
Coulteria velutina (Britton & Rose 1930) S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis 2017 – northwestern Mexico to Nicaragua

References

Coulteria Kunth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
Sotuyo S, Contreras JL, Gagnon E, Lewis GP (2017). "A synopsis of Coulteria (Leguminosae), including new names and synonyms". Phytotaxa. 291 (1): 33–42. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.291.1.3.