Purdiaea

Purdiaea

Taxobox
name = "Purdiaea"


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Clethraceae
genus = "Purdiaea"
genus_authority = Planch.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

"Purdiaea" is a genus of 11-19 species of flowering plants in the family Clethraceae. It is one of two genera in this family, and was formerly classified in the related family Cyrillaceae. "Purdiaea" is native to tropical regions of the Caribbean (with the highest species diversity on Cuba), Central America and northern South America, further south than the related genus "Clethra", the only other genus of this family.

The genus is composed of shrubs and small trees with alternating leaves.

;Selected species
*"Purdiaea belizensis" (A.C.Sm. & Standl.) J.L.Thomas – "Belize purdiaea," Central America.
*"Purdiaea cubensis" (A.Rich.) Urb. – "Cuban purdiaea," "Clavellina," SE USA, Cuba.
*"Purdiaea ekmanii" Vict. – Cuba
*"Purdiaea microphylla" Britton & P.Wilson – Cuba
*"Purdiaea nipensis Vict. & León – Cuba
*"Purdiaea nutans" G.Planch. – Venezuela
*"Purdiaea ophiticola" Vict. – Cuba
*"Purdiaea shaferi" Britton – Cuba
*"Purdiaea stenopetala" Griseb. – Cuba
*"Purdiaea tereosepala" J.L.Thomas – Cuba
*"Purdiaea velutina" Britton & P.Wilson – Cuba

References and external links

*Anderberg, A. A. & Zhang, Z. (2002). Phylogenetic relationships of Cyrillaceae and Clethraceae (Ericales) with special emphasis on the genus Purdiaea. "Organisms, Div. & Evol". 2: 127–137 [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/urban/601/2002/00000002/00000002/art00036 abstract] .
* [http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/ibc99/ibc/abstracts/listen/abstracts/4043.html Notes on the genus "Purdiaea"]
* [http://sciweb.nybg.org/Science2/hcol/lists/cyrillaceae.html New York Botanical Gardens: "Purdiaea" herbarium specimens list]
* [http://132.236.163.181/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?family=Cyrillaceae&rank=genus Photos of "P. cubensis"]
* [http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/plantguides/view.asp?chkbox=2569 Photo of "P. nutans"]


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