The Species

For specific species information follow the link attached to each species below.

Key: ≡ identical; = nom. illeg.; - nom. inval.

Lacistema aggregatum (P.J. Bergius) Rusby
≡ Piper aggregatum P.J. Bergius ≡ Lacistema myricoides Sw., ≡ Lacistema aggregatum Fawc. & Rendle
= Nematospermum laevigatum Rich.
= Synzyganthera purpurea Ruiz & Pav. ≡ Didymandra purpurea (Ruiz & Pav.) Willd. ≡ Lacistema purpureum (Ruiz & Pav.) A.DC.
= Piper fasciculatum Rudge ≡ Piper fasciculare Rudge
= Lacistema floribundum Miq.
= Lacistema elongatum Schnizl.
= Lacistema angustum Schnizl.
= Lacistema myricoides Sw. var. stipitatum A.DC.
= Lacistema recurvum A.DC.
= Lacistema coriaceum A.DC.
= Lacistema poeppigii A.DC.
= Lacistema bolivianum Gand.
= Lacistema guyanense Gand.
= Lacistema rosidiscum J.F. Macbr.
= Lacistema curtum J.F. Macbr.
= Lacistema orinocense Baehni
= Lacistema weberbaueri Baehni
= Lacistema aggregatum (P.J. Bergius) Rusby var. elongatum Maguire
= Lacistema occidentale Cuatrec.
= Lacistema pacificum Cuatrec.
- Lacistema macrophylla Klotzsch
- Lacistema paladofum Poepp.

Lacistema grandifolium Schnizl.
= Lacistema ellipticum Glaz.
- Lacistema tomentosum Miq. ex Pulle

Lacistema hasslerianum Chodat
= Lacistema serrulatum auct. non Mart. A.DC.
= Lacistema fagifolium Chodat & Chirtoiu
- Lacistema aggregatum non (P.J. Bergius) Sw. s str

Lacistema krukovii Sleumer

Lacistema lucidum Schnizl.
- Lacistema pubescens Mart. subsp. longistipulatum G. Agostini

Lacistema macbridei Baehni
≡ Lacistema macbridii Baehni

Lacistema nena J.F. Macbr.

Lacistema polystachyum Schnizl.
= Lacistema intermedium Schnizl.
= Lacistema lucidum auct. non Schnizl. A.DC.
= Lacistema pubescens Mart. var. glabrescens Huber

Lacistema pubescens Mart.
= Lacistema ellipticum Schnizl.
- Lacistema pubescens Mart. subsp. serrulatum Mart.

Lacistema robustum Schnizl.
= Lacistema recurvum Schnizl.
= Lacistema intermedium auct. non Schnizl. A.DC.
= Lacistema blanchetii A.DC.
- Lacistema rostratum Schnizl.

Lacistema serrulatum Mart.
= Lacistema leptostachyum Chodat & Chirtoiu

Lozania glabrata A.H. Gentry

Lozania grandiflora Schult.

Lozania klugii (Mansf.) Mansf.
≡ Monandrodendron klugii Mansf.
= Lacistemopsis poculifera Kuhlm.

Lozania mutisiana Schult.
= Monandrodendron schultzei Mansf.
= Monandrodendron peruvianum Mansf.
= Lozania bipinnata L. B. Sm.
= Lozania montana Standl.
= Perrottetia costaricensis Lundell ≡ Perrottetia racemosa Standl.
- Lozania nemoralis DC.

Lozania pittieri (S.F. Blake) L.B. Sm.
≡ Lacistema pittieri S.F. Blake ≡ Lacistema trichoneurum S.F. Blake ex R. Knuth
= Lacistema pedicellatum Standl., ≡ Lozania pedicellata (Standl.) L. B. Sm.

Obscure species

Didymandra dentata Spreng. Sleumer (1980) states "the descriptor is too short making it impossible to place within the family."

Lacistema oblongum Spreng. Sleumer (1980) states "the descriptor for this species is ambiguous making this species difficult to place within the family. The holotype at Berlin Herbarium was destroyed."

Excluded species

Casearia javitensis syn. Lacistema grandifolium Glaz.

Myrica altera syn. Lacistema alterum Spreng., Lacistema berterianum Schult.

Reference: Sleumer (1980)

Additional names

These names were located on Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (uBio) and require further investigation to their validity (as of 05 February 2009):

Lacistema nana / Lacistema nana J.F. Macbr.: believed to be a typographical error of L. nena located on NY herbarium specimen reference NY00501407. Have not seen the specimen image to confirm;
Lacistema pubescens serrulatum / Lacistema pubescens serrulatum Torr. 1985 not located yet
Lacistema sericiflora / Lacistema sericiflora A.DC. name refers to a specimen located at G (according to www.tropicos.org) more information to follow
Lacistema pubescens longistipulatum G. Agostini Information to follow.

References

Sleumer H O (1980) Flora Neotropica: Monograph Number 22 Flacourtiaceae, The New York Botanical Garden, New York: 182-206

The International Plant Names Index (2008). Listing of all plant names that appear in the Gray Card Index, Index Kewensis and the Australian Plant Name Index.