Hedyosmum

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Hedyosmum
Hedyosmum racemosum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Chloranthales
Family: Chloranthaceae
Genus: Hedyosmum
Sw. (1788)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tafalla Ruiz & Pav. (1794)
  • Tafallaea Kuntze (1891), orth. var.
  • Tavalla Pers. (1807), orth. var.

Hedyosmum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Chloranthaceae. There are about 40 to 45 species. They are distributed in Central and South America and the West Indies, and one species also occurs in southeastern Asia.[2] They are mostly dioecious, except for H. nutans and H. brenesii which are exclusively monoecious, and H. scaberrimum and H. costaricense with both monoecious and dioecious individuals.[3]

Species[edit]

There are 45 accepted species:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Hedyosmum Sw. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. ^ Antonelli, A., & Sanmartin, I. (2011). Mass extinction, gradual cooling, or rapid radiation? Reconstructing the spatiotemporal evolution of the ancient angiosperm genus Hedyosmum (Chloranthaceae) using empirical and simulated approaches. Systematic Biology, 60(5), 596-615.
  3. ^ Todzia, Carol A. (1988). "Chloranthaceae: Hedyosmum". Flora Neotropica. 48: 1–138. JSTOR 4393804.

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