Pseudolmedia Explained
Pseudolmedia is a flowering plant genus in the mulberry family (Moraceae). Species are found in southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Meso- and South America.[1] They are known in Latin America as lechechiva (approximately "goat's milk tree") and used for timber, construction wood, and sometimes in folk medicine.
Species
11 species are accepted.
- Pseudolmedia boliviana
- Pseudolmedia gentryi C.C.Berg
- Pseudolmedia glabrata (Liebm.) C.C.Berg, called cherry
- Pseudolmedia hirtula Kuhlm.
- Pseudolmedia laevigata Trécul
- Pseudolmedia laevis (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F.Macbr. (synonym Pseudolmedia ferruginea (Poepp. & Endl.) Trécul (type)
)
- Pseudolmedia macrophylla Trécul
- Pseudolmedia manabiensis C.C.Berg
- Pseudolmedia mollis Standl.
- Pseudolmedia rigida (Klotzsch & H.Karst.) Cuatrec.
- Pseudolmedia spuria (Sw.) Griseb. (synonym Pseudolmedia havanensis Trécul (type)
)
Note: Despite having been designated as types for this genus,
The Plant List and
Plants of the World Online consider
P. ferruginea to be a
synonym of
P. laevis;
[2] and
P. havanensis to be a synonym of
P. spuria.
[3] Notes and References
- Web site: Name - Pseudolmedia Trécul distribution map . Tropicos . MOBOT . December 30, 2012.
- Web site: TPL, treatment of Pseudolmedia ferruginea . The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet) . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and MOBOT . 2010 . December 30, 2012.
- Web site: TPL, treatment of Pseudolmedia havanensis . The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet) . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and MOBOT . 2010 . December 30, 2012.
