Schlegelia is a group of plants described as a genus in 1844.[1][2] The genus is named after the German anatomist and physician Paul Marquard Schlegel.
| Schlegelia | |
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| Schlegelia parasitica flowers | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Schlegeliaceae |
| Genus: | Schlegelia Miq. |
Schlegelia is native to tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere from southern Mexico and the West Indies to southern Brazil.[3]
- Species[3]
- Schlegelia aurea - Brazil (Amazonas)
- Schlegelia axillaris - Jamaica, Lesser Antilles
- Schlegelia brachyantha - Greater Antilles, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Panama
- Schlegelia cauliflora - Loreto
- Schlegelia chocoensis - Colombia, Ecuador
- Schlegelia darienensis - Colombia, Ecuador
- Schlegelia dressleri - Panama, Ecuador
- Schlegelia fastigiata - Colombia, Ecuador, Central America
- Schlegelia fuscata - Colombia, Ecuador, Central America, French Guiana
- Schlegelia hirsuta - Colombia
- Schlegelia macrocarpa - Guatemala
- Schlegelia macrophylla - French Guiana, Peru
- Schlegelia monachinoi - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
- Schlegelia nicaraguensis - Central America, Veracruz
- Schlegelia pandurata - Colombia, Ecuador
- Schlegelia paraensis - French Guiana, Suriname, Pará
- Schlegelia parasitica - Jamaica
- Schlegelia parviflora - from Belize to S Brazil
- Schlegelia roseiflora - French Guiana, Peru
- Schlegelia scandens - northern South America
- Schlegelia spruceana - Guyana, Venezuela, N Brazil
- Schlegelia sulphurea - Colombia, Ecuador
- Schlegelia violacea - northern South America
References edit
- ^ Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1844. Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 2(46): 785-789 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
- ^ Tropicos, Schlegelia Miq.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Famiiles