''Spigelia'' is a genus of

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s in the family

Loganiaceae The Loganiaceae are a family of flowering plants classified in order Gentianales. The family includes up to 13 genera, distributed around the world's tropics. There are not any great morphological characteristics to distinguish these taxa from o ...

. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the

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, from the latitude of

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to the

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. It was named after

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(Adrianus Spigelius) by

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in his 1753 ''

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''; the type species is ''

Spigelia anthelmia ''Spigelia anthelmia'', the West Indian pinkroot, wormbush, or wormgrass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Loganiaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Florida, and northern South America through to Bolivia an ...

''. Pinkroot is a common name for plants in this genus.

Species

The following species are recognised by ''

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'': *'' Spigelia aceifolia'' Woodson *''

Spigelia alabamensis ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' (K.R. Gould) K.G. Matthews & Weakley *'' Spigelia amambaiensis'' Fern. Casas *'' Spigelia amazonica'' Fern.Casas *''

Spigelia amplexicaulis ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' E.F. Guim. & Fontella *''

Spigelia andersonii ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' Fern. Casas *''

Spigelia andina ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' Fern. Casas *''

'' L. *'' Spigelia araucariensis'' E.F. Guim. & Fontella *''

Spigelia asperifolia ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' Progel *''

Spigelia bahiana ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan ...

'' L.B. Sm. *''

Spigelia beccabungoides ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan ...

'' Kraenzl. *''

Spigelia beyrichiana ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan ...

'' Cham. & Schltdl. *''

Spigelia blanchetiana ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan ...

'' DC. *''

Spigelia brachystachya ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan ...

'' Progel *''

Spigelia breviflora ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan ...

'' (Chodat & Hassl.) H.H. Hurley *''

Spigelia caaguazuensis ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' Kraenzl. *''

Spigelia carnosa ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' Standl. & Steyerm. *''

Spigelia cascatensis ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' E.F. Guim. & Fontella *''

Spigelia catarinensis ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' E.F. Guim. & Fontella *''

Spigelia chiapensis ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae The Loganiaceae are a family of flowering plants classified in order Gentianales. The family includes up to 13 genera, distributed around the world's tropics. There are not ...

'' K.R. Gould *'' Spigelia coelostylioides'' K.R. Gould *'' Spigelia dolichostachya'' Fern. Casas *''

Spigelia dusenii ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' L.B. Sm. *''

Spigelia elsieana ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' Fern. Casas *'' Spigelia flava'' Zappi & Harley *'' Spigelia flemmingiana'' Cham. & Schltdl. *'' Spigelia fontellae'' Fern. Casas *''

Spigelia gentianoides ''Spigelia gentianoides'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the Loganiaceae known by the common names purpleflower pinkroot and gentian pinkroot. It is native to Alabama and Florida in the United States, where a few small populations remain ...

'' Chapm. *'' Spigelia genuflexa'' Popovkin & Struwe *'' Spigelia gilgii'' J.F. Macbr. *''

Spigelia glabrata ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' Mart. *'' Spigelia gracilis'' A. DC. *'' Spigelia guianensis'' (Aubl.) Lemée *'' Spigelia hamelioides'' Kunth *'' Spigelia hatschbachii'' Fern. Casas *''

Spigelia hedyotidea ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' A. DC. *'' Spigelia heliotropoides'' E.F. Guim. & Fontella *'' Spigelia herzogiana'' Kraenzl. *'' Spigelia hirtula'' Fern. Casas *''

Spigelia hurleyi ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' Fern. Casas *'' Spigelia insignis'' Progel *''

Spigelia kleinii ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' L.B.Sm. *'' Spigelia kuhlmannii'' E.F. Guim. & Fontella-Pereira *''

Spigelia laevigata ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' Progel *'' Spigelia laurina'' Cham. & Schltdl. *'' Spigelia leiocarpa'' Benth. ''ex'' H.H. Hurley *'' Spigelia linarioides'' DC. *'' Spigelia loganioides'' (Torr. & A. Gray) A. DC. *'' Spigelia luciatlantica'' Fern. Casas *'' Spigelia lundiana'' A. DC. *'' Spigelia macrophylla'' (Pohl) DC. *''

Spigelia marilandica ''Spigelia marilandica'', the Indian pink"Spigelia mar ...

'' L. *'' Spigelia martiana'' Cham. & Schltdl. *'' Spigelia nana'' Alain *''

Spigelia nicotianiflora ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' Chodat & Hassl. *'' Spigelia novogranatensis'' Fern. Casas *'' Spigelia olfersiana'' Cham. & Schltdl. *''

Spigelia palmeri ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' Rose *'' Spigelia paraguariensis'' Chodat *'' Spigelia paraguayensis'' Chodat *'' Spigelia pedunculata'' Kunth *'' Spigelia persicarioides'' Ewan *'' Spigelia petiolata'' H.H. Hurley *'' Spigelia polystachya'' Klotzsch ''ex'' Prog. *'' Spigelia pulchella'' Mart. *'' Spigelia pusilla'' Mart. *'' Spigelia pygmaea'' D.N. Gibson *'' Spigelia ramosa'' L.B. Sm. *'' Spigelia reitzii'' L.B. Sm. *'' Spigelia riedeliana'' (Progel) E.F. Guim. & Fontella *'' Spigelia riparia'' L.B. Sm. *'' Spigelia rojasiana'' Kraenzl. *'' Spigelia rondoniensis'' Fern. Casas *'' Spigelia scabra'' Cham. & Schltdl. *''

Spigelia scabrella ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' Benth. *'' Spigelia schlechtendaliana'' Mart. *'' Spigelia sellowiana'' Cham. & Schltdl. *'' Spigelia sordida'' Fern. Casas *'' Spigelia spartioides'' Cham. & Schltdl. *'' Spigelia speciosa'' Kunth *'' Spigelia splendens'' H. Wendl. ''ex'' Hook. *'' Spigelia stenocardia'' (Standl.) Fern. Casas *'' Spigelia stenophylla'' Progel *''

Spigelia tetraptera ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' Taub. *'' Spigelia texana'' (Torr. & A. Gray) A. DC. *'' Spigelia trispicata'' H.H. Hurley ''ex'' K.R. Gould *''

Spigelia valenzuelae ''Spigelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan v ...

'' Chodat & Hassl. *'' Spigelia vestita'' L.B. Sm.

References

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q7577145 Loganiaceae Gentianales genera