''Spigelia'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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. 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

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 physi ...

(Adrianus Spigelius) by

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in his 1753 ''

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''; the type species is '' Spigelia anthelmia''. Pinkroot is a common name for plants in this genus.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Spigelia'': *'' Spigelia aceifolia'' *'' Spigelia aenea'' *'' Spigelia alabamensis'' *'' Spigelia alborubra'' *'' Spigelia amambaiensis'' *'' Spigelia amazonica'' *'' Spigelia ambigua'' *'' Spigelia amplexicaulis'' *'' Spigelia andersonii'' *'' Spigelia andina'' *'' Spigelia anthelmia'' *'' Spigelia asperifolia'' *'' Spigelia ayotzinapensis'' *'' Spigelia beccabungoides'' *'' Spigelia beyrichiana'' *'' Spigelia blanchetiana'' *'' Spigelia brachystachya'' *'' Spigelia caaguazuensis'' *'' Spigelia carnosa'' *'' Spigelia cascatensis'' *'' Spigelia catarinensis'' *'' Spigelia chiapensis'' *'' Spigelia chocoensis'' *'' Spigelia cipoensis'' *'' Spigelia coelostylioides'' *'' Spigelia colimensis'' *'' Spigelia cremnophila'' *'' Spigelia dolichostachya'' *'' Spigelia elbakyaniae'' *'' Spigelia faveolata'' *'' Spigelia flava'' *'' Spigelia flemmingiana'' *'' Spigelia gentianoides'' *'' Spigelia genuflexa'' *'' Spigelia glabrata'' *'' Spigelia gracilis'' *'' Spigelia guerrerensis'' *'' Spigelia guianensis'' *'' Spigelia hamellioides'' *'' Spigelia hatschbachii'' *'' Spigelia hedyotidea'' *'' Spigelia heliotropioides'' *'' Spigelia herzogiana'' *'' Spigelia hirtula'' *'' Spigelia humboldtiana'' *'' Spigelia hurleyi'' *'' Spigelia insignis'' *'' Spigelia kleinii'' *'' Spigelia kuhlmannii'' *'' Spigelia laurina'' *'' Spigelia leiocarpa'' *'' Spigelia linarioides'' *'' Spigelia loganioides'' *'' Spigelia longiflora'' *'' Spigelia luciatlantica'' *'' Spigelia lundiana'' *'' Spigelia macrophylla'' *''

Spigelia marilandica ''Spigelia marilandica'', the woodland pinkroot or Indian pink

'' *'' Spigelia martiana'' *'' Spigelia megapotamica'' *'' Spigelia mexicana'' *'' Spigelia mocinoi'' *'' Spigelia nicotianiflora'' *'' Spigelia novogranatensis'' *'' Spigelia olfersiana'' *'' Spigelia paraguariensis'' *'' Spigelia pedunculata'' *'' Spigelia persicarioides'' *'' Spigelia petiolata'' *'' Spigelia polystachya'' *'' Spigelia pulchella'' *'' Spigelia pusilla'' *'' Spigelia pygmaea'' *'' Spigelia queretarensis'' *'' Spigelia ramosa'' *'' Spigelia reitzii'' *'' Spigelia riedeliana'' *'' Spigelia rojasiana'' *'' Spigelia rondoniensis'' *'' Spigelia scabrella'' *'' Spigelia schlechtendaliana'' *'' Spigelia schultesii'' *'' Spigelia sellowiana'' *'' Spigelia sordida'' *'' Spigelia spartioides'' *'' Spigelia speciosa'' *'' Spigelia sphagnicola'' *'' Spigelia splendens'' *'' Spigelia spruceana'' *'' Spigelia stenocardia'' *'' Spigelia stenophylla'' *'' Spigelia tetraptera'' *'' Spigelia texana'' *'' Spigelia trispicata'' *'' Spigelia valenzuelae'' *'' Spigelia vestita'' *'' Spigelia xochiquetzalliana''

References

External links

* {{Authority control Loganiaceae Gentianales genera