Cantua

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Polemoniaceae
Subfamilia: Cobaeoideae
Tribus: Cantueae
Genus:
Species: C. alutacea – C. bicolor – C. buxifolia – C. candelilla – C. cordata – C. cuzcoensis – C. dendritica – C. flexuosa – C. hibrida – C. longifolia – C. mediamnis – C. megapotamica – C. ovata – C. pyrifolia – C. quercifolia – C. tomentosa – C. volcanica

Name

Cantua Juss. ex Lam. Encycl. 1: 603. (1785)

Type species: C. buxifolia Juss. ex Lam.Encycl. 1: 603. (1785)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Huthia Brand, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 174. 1908.
  - Type species: H. coerulea Brand
- Periphragmos Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 26, t. 24. 1794.
  - Type species: P. flexuosa Ruiz & Pav.

References

Primary references

Lamarck, J.-B. 1783–1785. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 1. XLIV+752 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page.
Infantes Vera, J.G. 1962. Revisión del género Cantua (Polemoniaceae). Lilloa 31: 75–107. Reference page.
Porter, J.M. & Johnson, L.A. 2000. A phylogenetic classification of Polemoniaceae. Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany 19(1): 55–91. DOI: 10.5642/aliso.20001901.06 Full text PDF Reference page.
Porter, J.M. & Prather, L.A. 2008. Cantua dendritica (Polemoniaceae), a New Species from Peru, and Two New Cantua Names. Aliso 25(1): 31–35. DOI: 10.5642/aliso.20082501.03 Full text PDF Reference page.

Links

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cantua in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.