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(Redirected from Forsteronia portoricensis) Species of plant

Bejuco de San Juan
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Pinochia
Species: P. corymbosa
Binomial name
Pinochia corymbosa
(Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
Subspecies

See text.

Synonyms
  • Echites corymbosus Jacq.
  • Forsteronia corymbosa (Jacq.) G.Mey.
  • Parsonsia corymbosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Steud.
  • Thyrsanthus corymbosus (Jacq.) Miers

Pinochia corymbosa, commonly known as Bejuco de San Juan, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Greater Antilles (Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico). It was first described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1760 as Echites corymbosus.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:

  • Pinochia corymbosa subsp. corymbosa
  • Pinochia corymbosa subsp. portoricensis (Woodson) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen

Pinochia corymbosa subsp. portoricensis, synonym Forsteronia portoricensis, is endemic to Puerto Rico, and typically grows in moist regions of woods, thickets, or forests. It can reach a maximum length of 7 m (23 ft), and produces a large quantity of red flowers.

References

  1. Timyan, J. (2023). "Pinochia corymbosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T213566999A213978997. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T213566999A213978997.en. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  2. ^ "Pinochia corymbosa (Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  3. "Pinochia corymbosa (Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  4. "Forsteronia portoricensis Woodson", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-06-20
  5. Liogier, Alain H. & Liogier, Henri Alain (1995), "Forsteronia portoricensis", Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: Spermatophyta - Dicotyledoneae. Melastomataceae to Lentibulariaceae, La Editorial, p. 209, ISBN 978-0-8477-2337-9, retrieved 2023-06-20
Taxon identifiers
Pinochia corymbosa
Echites corymbosus
Pinochia corymbosa subsp. portoricensis
Forsteronia portoricensis


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