Coulteria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae[1]
Tribe:
Caesalpinieae[2]
Genus:
Coulteria

(Kunth 1824) E. Gagnon, Sotuyo & G. P. Lewis 2016
Type species
Coulteria mollis
Kunth 1824
Species[3]

10; see text

Synonyms[3]
  • Adenocalyx Bertero ex Kunth (1824)
  • Brasilettia (DC.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Guaymasia Britton & Rose (1930)

Coulteria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes ten species native the tropical Americas, from northern Mexico through Central America to Colombia and Venzezuela, including Cuba and Jamaica.[3]

Species

Coulteria comprises the following species:[3][4]

  • Coulteria cubensis (Greenm. 1897) S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis 2017 – Cuba, Jamaica, southeastern Mexico, Belize, and Honduras
  • Coulteria delgadoana Sotuyo & J.L.Contr. – southwestern Mexico (Michoacán and Guerrero)
  • Coulteria glabra (Britton & Rose 1930) J.L. Contreras, S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis 2017 – western Mexico
  • Coulteria lewisii Sotuyo & J.L.Contr. – southwestern Mexico (Michoacán and Guerrero)
  • Coulteria mollis Kunth – eastern Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela
  • Coulteria platyloba (S.Watson) N.Zamora – Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica
  • Coulteria pringlei (Britton & Rose 1930) J.L. Contreras, S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis 2017 – northeastern Mexico
  • Coulteria pumila (Britton & Rose 1930) S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis 2017 – northwestern Mexico (Sonora)
  • Coulteria rosalindamedinae R.Torres, Saynes & Tenorio – south-central Mexico Puebla and Oaxaca)
  • Coulteria velutina (Britton & Rose 1930) S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis 2017 – northwestern Mexico to Nicaragua

References

  1. ↑ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
  2. ↑ Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Coulteria Kunth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Sotuyo S, Contreras JL, Gagnon E, Lewis GP (2017). "A synopsis of Coulteria (Leguminosae), including new names and synonyms". Phytotaxa. 291 (1): 33–42. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.291.1.3.
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