''Spigelia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the
Americas
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Along with th ...
, from the latitude of
Buenos Aires
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to the
Southern United States
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.
It was named after
Adriaan van den Spiegel
Adriaan van den Spiegel (or Spieghel), name sometimes written as Adrianus Spigelius (1578 – 7 April 1625), was a Flemish anatomist born in Brussels. For much of his career he practiced medicine in Padua, and is considered one of the great physici ...
(Adrianus Spigelius) by
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
in his 1753 ''
Species Plantarum
' (Latin for "The Species of Plants") is a book by Carl Linnaeus, originally published in 1753, which lists every species of plant known at the time, classified into genera. It is the first work to consistently apply binomial names and was the ...
''; 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 ''
The Plant List
The Plant List was a list of botanical names of species of plants created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden and launched in 2010. It was intended to be a comprehensive record of all known names of plant species ...
'':
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Spigelia aceifolia''
Woodson
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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
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Spigelia amambaiensis''
Fern. Casas
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Spigelia amazonica''
Fern.Casas
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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
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Spigelia andersonii''
Fern. Casas
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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
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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 ...
''
L.
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Spigelia araucariensis''
E.F. Guim. & Fontella
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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
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Spigelia bahiana''
L.B. Sm.
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Spigelia beccabungoides''
Kraenzl.
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Spigelia beyrichiana''
Cham. & Schltdl.
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Spigelia blanchetiana''
DC.
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Spigelia brachystachya''
Progel
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Spigelia breviflora''
(Chodat & Hassl.) H.H. Hurley
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Spigelia caaguazuensis''
Kraenzl.
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Spigelia carnosa''
Standl. & Steyerm.
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Spigelia cascatensis''
E.F. Guim. & Fontella
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Spigelia catarinensis''
E.F. Guim. & Fontella
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Spigelia chiapensis''
K.R. Gould
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Spigelia coelostylioides''
K.R. Gould
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Spigelia dolichostachya''
Fern. Casas
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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.
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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
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Spigelia flava''
Zappi & Harley
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Spigelia flemmingiana''
Cham. & Schltdl.
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Spigelia fontellae''
Fern. Casas
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Spigelia gentianoides''
Chapm.
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Spigelia genuflexa''
Popovkin & Struwe
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Spigelia gilgii''
J.F. Macbr.
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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.
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Spigelia gracilis''
A. DC.
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Spigelia guianensis''
(Aubl.) Lemée
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Spigelia hamelioides''
Kunth
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Spigelia hatschbachii''
Fern. Casas
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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.
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Spigelia heliotropoides''
E.F. Guim. & Fontella
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Spigelia herzogiana''
Kraenzl.
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Spigelia hirtula''
Fern. Casas
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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
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Spigelia insignis''
Progel
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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.
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Spigelia kuhlmannii''
E.F. Guim. & Fontella-Pereira
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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
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Spigelia laurina''
Cham. & Schltdl.
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Spigelia leiocarpa''
Benth. ''ex'' H.H. Hurley
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Spigelia linarioides''
DC.
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Spigelia loganioides''
(Torr. & A. Gray) A. DC.
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Spigelia luciatlantica''
Fern. Casas
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Spigelia lundiana''
A. DC.
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Spigelia macrophylla''
(Pohl) DC.
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''
L.
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Spigelia martiana''
Cham. & Schltdl.
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Spigelia nana''
Alain
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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 ...
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Chodat & Hassl.
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Spigelia novogranatensis''
Fern. Casas
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Spigelia olfersiana''
Cham. & Schltdl.
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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
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Spigelia paraguariensis''
Chodat
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Spigelia paraguayensis''
Chodat
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Spigelia pedunculata''
Kunth
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Spigelia persicarioides''
Ewan
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Spigelia petiolata''
H.H. Hurley
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Spigelia polystachya''
Klotzsch ''ex'' Prog.
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Spigelia pulchella''
Mart.
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Spigelia pusilla''
Mart.
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Spigelia pygmaea''
D.N. Gibson
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Spigelia ramosa''
L.B. Sm.
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Spigelia reitzii''
L.B. Sm.
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Spigelia riedeliana''
(Progel) E.F. Guim. & Fontella
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Spigelia riparia''
L.B. Sm.
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Spigelia rojasiana''
Kraenzl.
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Spigelia rondoniensis''
Fern. Casas
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Spigelia scabra''
Cham. & Schltdl.
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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.
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Spigelia schlechtendaliana''
Mart.
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Spigelia sellowiana''
Cham. & Schltdl.
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Spigelia sordida''
Fern. Casas
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Spigelia spartioides''
Cham. & Schltdl.
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Spigelia speciosa''
Kunth
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Spigelia splendens''
H. Wendl. ''ex'' Hook.
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Spigelia stenocardia''
(Standl.) Fern. Casas
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Spigelia stenophylla''
Progel
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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 ...
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Taub.
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Spigelia texana''
(Torr. & A. Gray) A. DC.
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Spigelia trispicata''
H.H. Hurley ''ex'' K.R. Gould
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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.
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Spigelia vestita''
L.B. Sm.
References
External links
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q7577145
Loganiaceae
Gentianales genera