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Genus of flowering plants
This article is about the plant genus. For the former indigenous tribe in Florida, see
Mayaca people .
Mayaca is a
genus of
flowering plants , often placed in its own
family , the Mayacaceae (or Mayaceae in earlier systems).
[4]
[5] In the
APG II system of 2003, it is assigned to the order
Poales in the clade
commelinids . The
Cronquist system , of 1981, also recognised such a family and placed it in the order
Commelinales in the subclass
Commelinidae .
The group is widely distributed in
Latin America from
Mexico to
Argentina , as well as in the
West Indies , the southeastern
United States , and central
Africa .
[3]
[6]
[7]
[8]
Species
Eighteen or so species names have been proposed,
[9] but only 5 are accepted as distinct.
[10]
Mayaca baumii
Gürke - Congo-Brazzabille, Zaïre, Angola, Zambia
Mayaca fluviatilis
Aubl. - southeastern United States from Texas to North Carolina; West Indies (Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad); Latin America from central Mexico to Argentina
Mayaca kunthii
Seub. - Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay
Mayaca longipes
Mart. ex
Seub. - Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, the Guianas
Mayaca sellowiana
Kunth - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, the Guianas, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina
References
^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009).
"An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . 161 (2): 105–121.
doi :
10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x .
hdl :
10654/18083 .
^ Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée Aublet (1720-1778) - Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Francoise vol. 3 pl. 15 (
http://www.botanicus.org/page/361195 )
^
a
b
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Sutton, D. A. & R. Khan. 1994. 258. Mayacaceae. 6: 173–174. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
^
Flora of North America, vol 22, Mayacaceae Kunth
^
Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map for Mayaca fluviatilis
^ Lourteig, A. 1952. Mayacaceae. Notul. Syst. (Paris. ) 14: 30--33. 1952. Lourteig, A. 1960. Distribution géographique des Mayacacées. Compt. Rend. Sommaire Séances Soc. Biogéogr. 323/2536[323]: 31--35.
^ Thieret, J. W. 1975. The Mayacaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 56: 248--255.
^
"The Plant List - Mayaca" . 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2012 .
^ Pellegrini, M. O. O. & Carvalho, M. L. S. (2016). "The identity and application of Coletia madida and notes on the typification of Mayacaceae". Taxon . 65 (3). International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT): 605–609.
doi :
10.12705/653.12 .
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