''Tovomita'' is a
genus of
flowering plants in the family
Clusiaceae. They are noted for having white-yellow
latex and containing
xanthones. The genus is distributed in the
tropical Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
Along with th ...
, with many occurring in
Venezuela. Most are native to the forests of the
Amazon.
[BGCI publishes Red List of Neotropical genus ''Tovomita''.]
Botanic Gardens Conservation International.
Most ''Tovomita'' species are trees, and a few are shrubs. They sometimes have
buttress roots. There are monoecious and dioecious species.
[Cuello, N. L]
''Tovomita''.
In: J. A., et al., Eds. ''Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana''. Missouri Botanical Garden.
The taxonomy of this genus and its relatives is a current topic of research.
Phylogenetic analyses have helped to clarify relationships between the species, and many new species have been named and described in recent years.
[Marinho, L. C. et al. 2019.]
A gold mine: four more new species of ''Tovomita'' (Clusiaceae: Clusieae) from Amazonia.
''Willdenowia'' 49(3) 343-50.[Marinho, L. C., et al. 2019]
Plastomes resolve generic limits within tribe Clusieae (Clusiaceae) and reveal the new genus ''Arawakia''.
''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 134 142-51. The genus ''Tovomita'' is not
monophyletic
In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...
.
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Some species are considered to be threatened, but the conservation status for most ''Tovomita'' species is not known due to lack of data. The most significant threat to the species is the deforestation of the Amazon.][
As of 2019 there are about 50 species.][
Species include:][''Tovomita''.]
Plants of the World Online. Kew Science.
*'' Tovomita aequatoriensis''
*'' Tovomita brasiliensis''
*'' Tovomita brevistaminea''
*''Tovomita chachapoyasensis
''Tovomita chachapoyasensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. It is found only in Peru.
References
chachapoyasensis
Endemic flora of Peru
Vulnerable flora of South America
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot< ...
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*'' Tovomita croatii''
*'' Tovomita longifolia''
*'' Tovomita macrophylla''
*'' Tovomita microcarpa''
*'' Tovomita rubella''
*'' Tovomita stylosa''
*'' Tovomita weberbaueri''
*'' Tovomita weddelliana''
Taxonomy
Synonyms of this genus are:[
*''Marialvaea'' ]Mart.
Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer.
Life
Martius was born at Erlangen, the son of Prof Ernst Wilhelm Martius, court apothecary.
He graduated PhD f ...
*''Tovomitidium'' Ducke
References
External links
*Marinho, L. C. et al
''Tovomita'' (Clusiaceae) of the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest.
Color photographic field guide to some ''Tovomita'' species. Field Museum.
Malpighiales genera
Neotropical realm flora
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