Matourea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Gratioleae
Genus:
Species: M. azurea – M. caparaoensis – M. crenata – M. erecta – M. latifolia – M. ocymoides – M. platychila – M. pratensis – M. scutellarioides

Matourea Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 641-642, pl. 259. (1775)

Type species: Matourea pratensis (Aubl.) Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 642-643, pl. 259. (1775)

Heterotypic
- Dickia Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat.: 199. (1777), nom. illeg. [includes Matourea in synonymy].
- Achetaria Cham. & Schltdl. in Linnaea 2: 567. (1827)
  - Type: Achetaria sprengelii Cham. & Schltdl. (≡ Matourea erecta (Spreng.) Colletta & V.C.Souza).
- Beyrichia Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 3: 21. (1828)
  - Type: Beyrichia ocymoides Cham. & Schltdl. (≡ Matourea ocymoides (Cham. & Schltdl.) Colletta & V.C.Souza).
- Otacanthus Lindl. in Van Houtte, Fl. Serres [J. Gén. Hort.]15: 53. (1862)
  - Type: Otacanthus coeruleus Lindl. (= Matourea azurea (Linden) Colletta & V.C.Souza).
- Tetraplacus Radlk., Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 15: 261. (1885)
  - Type: Tetraplacus platychilus Radlk. (≡ Matourea platychila (Radlk.) Colletta & V.C.Souza)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
- Regional: Central America
  - Nicaragua
- Introduced into:
  - Hawaii, Mauritius, Réunion

Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. 2: 641

Colletta, G.D., Scatigna, A.V. & Souza, V.C. 2020. Assessment of Matourea pratensis (Plantaginaceae: Gratioleae) reveals an older name for Achetaria. Taxon 69(6): 1354-1360. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12293 ResearchGate Reference page.

Hassler, M. 2021. Matourea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec. 8. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Matourea.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. 8. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Matourea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Dec. 2021. Reference page.