''Picramnia'', the bitterbushes,
is a genus of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
considered to be in the family
Picramniaceae
Picramniaceae is a small, mainly neotropical family of four genera '' Aenigmanu'', ''Alvaradoa'', '' Nothotalisia'' and '' Picramnia''. The family is the only member of the order Picramniales. Members of the family were formerly placed in the fa ...
, but sometimes placed in
Simaroubaceae
The Simaroubaceae are a small, mostly tropical, family in the order Sapindales. In recent decades, it has been subject to much taxonomic debate, with several small families being split off. A molecular phylogeny of the family was published in 200 ...
.
[ The name is conserved against the genera ''Pseudo-brasilium'' Adans., and ''Tariri'' Aubl., both which have been rejected (''nomen rejiciendum'').][
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Selected species
*'' Picramnia andrade-limae'' Pirani
*'' Picramnia antidesma'' Sw.
*'' Picramnia apetala'' Tul.
*'' Picramnia bahiensis'' Turcz.
*'' Picramnia bullata'' W.W.Thomas
*'' Picramnia campestris'' Rizzini & Occhioni
*'' Picramnia caracasana'' Engl.
*'' Picramnia ciliata'' Mart.
*'' Picramnia coccinea'' W.W.Thomas
*'' Picramnia deflexa'' W.W.Thomas
*'' Picramnia dictyoneura'' (Urb.) Urb. & Ekman
*'' Picramnia dolichobotrya'' Diels
*'' Picramnia elliptica'' Kuhlm. ex Pirani & W.W.Thomas
*'' Picramnia emarginata'' Urb. & Ekman
*'' Picramnia excelsa'' Kuhlm. ex Pirani
*''Picramnia ferrea
''Picramnia'', the bitterbushes, is a genus of plant considered to be in the family Picramniaceae, but sometimes placed in Simaroubaceae. The name is conserved name, conserved against the genera ''Pseudo-brasilium'' Michel Adanson, Adans., and '' ...
'' Pirani & W.W.Thomas
*'' Picramnia gardneri'' Planch.
*'' Picramnia glazioviana'' Engl.
*'' Picramnia gracilis'' Tul.
*'' Picramnia grandifolia'' Engl.
*'' Picramnia guerrerensis'' W.W.Thomas
*'' Picramnia guianensis'' (Aubl.) Jans.-Jac.
*'' Picramnia hirsuta'' W.W.Thomas
*'' Picramnia juniniana'' J.F.Macbr.
*'' Picramnia killipii'' J.F.Macbr.
*'' Picramnia latifolia'' Tul.
*'' Picramnia macrocarpa'' Urb. & Ekman
*'' Picramnia magnifolia'' J.F.Macbr.
*'' Picramnia matudae'' Lundell
*'' Picramnia nuriensis'' Steyerm.
*'' Picramnia oreadica'' Pirani
*'' Picramnia parvifolia'' Engl.
*'' Picramnia pentandra'' Sw.
*'' Picramnia polyantha'' (Benth.) Planch.
*'' Picramnia ramiflora'' Planch.
*'' Picramnia regnellii'' Engl.
*'' Picramnia reticulata'' Griseb.
*'' Picramnia riedelii'' Regel & Rach
*'' Picramnia sellowii'' Planch.
*'' Picramnia sphaerocarpa'' Planch.
*'' Picramnia spruceana'' Engl.
*'' Picramnia teapensis'' Tul.
*'' Picramnia thomasii'' Gonz.-Martínez & J.Jiménez Ram.
*'' Picramnia villosa'' Rusby
*'' Picramnia xalapensis'' Planch.
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See also
* ''Gumillea
When the APG II system of plant classification was published in April 2003, fifteen genera and three families were placed incertae sedis in the angiosperms, and were listed in a section of the appendix entitled "Taxa of uncertain position".
By ...
'', for more information on this synonym of ''Picramnia''.
References
External links
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Picramniales
Flora of the Caribbean
Flora of Central America
Flora of North America
Flora of South America
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Olof Swartz
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