Pseudolmedia

Pseudolmedia is a flowering plant genus in the mulberry family (Moraceae). Species are found in southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Meso- and South America.[2] They are known in Latin America as lechechiva (approximately "goat's milk tree") and used for timber, construction wood, and sometimes in folk medicine.

Pseudolmedia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Castilleae
Genus: Pseudolmedia
Trécul[1]
Species
  • See text

Selected species
  • Pseudolmedia ferruginea (Poepp. & Endl.) Trécul (type)[1] *
  • Pseudolmedia gentryi C.C.Berg
  • Pseudolmedia glabrata (Liebm.) C.C.Berg, called cherry[3]
  • Pseudolmedia havanensis Trécul (type)[1] *
  • Pseudolmedia hirtula Kuhlm.
  • Pseudolmedia laevigata Trécul
  • Pseudolmedia laevis (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F.Macbr.
  • Pseudolmedia macrophylla Trécul
  • Pseudolmedia manabiensis C.C.Berg
  • Pseudolmedia mollis Standl.
  • Pseudolmedia rigida (Klotzsch & H.Karst.) Cuatrec.
  • Pseudolmedia spuria (Sw.) Griseb.
List sources :[4][5]

* Note: Despite having been designated as types for this genus, The Plant List considers P. ferruginea to be a synonym of P. laevis;[6] and P. havanensis to be a synonym of P. spuria.[7]

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References
  1. The genus Pseudolmedia was first described and published in Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 3 8: 129. 1847.: later, as no type had been designated by the genus authority, two lectotypes (P. ferruginea and P. havanensis) were designated as types. "Name - Pseudolmedia Trécul". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT). Retrieved December 30, 2012. Type Specimens: LT: Pseudolmedia ferruginea (Poepp. & Endl.) Trécul; LT: Pseudolmedia havanensis Trécul
  2. "Name - Pseudolmedia Trécul distribution map". Tropicos. MOBOT. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  3. "Pseudolmedia glabrata". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  4. GRIN. "Species in GRIN for genus Pseudolmedia". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  5. "TPL, treatment of Pseudolmedia". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and MOBOT. 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  6. "TPL, treatment of Pseudolmedia ferruginea". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and MOBOT. 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  7. "TPL, treatment of Pseudolmedia havanensis". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and MOBOT. 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2012.


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