Pisonia aculeata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Nyctaginaceae
Tribus: Pisonieae
Genus: Pisonia
Species: Pisonia aculeata

Name

Pisonia aculeata L., 1753

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Pallavia aculeata (L.) Vell. in Fl. Flumin.: 151 (1829)
- Pisonia aculeata var. typica Heimerl in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 632 (1896), not validly publ.
Heterotypic
- Pisonia aculeata var. guaranitica Chodat in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 17: 164 (1925 publ. 1926)
- Pisonia aculeata var. hirsutissima J.A.Schmidt in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 354 (1872)
- Pisonia aculeata var. luensis Gagnep. in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine 4: 1053 (1936)
- Pisonia acuminata Mart. ex J.A.Schmidt in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 357 (1872), non R.Ludw. (1860) fossil name.
- Pisonia anisophylla Hassk. in Hort. Bogor. Descr.: 85 (1858)
- Pisonia comosa Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 444 (1849)
- Pisonia cordifolia Mart. ex J.A.Schmidt in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 359 (1872)
- Pisonia crenulata J.A.Schmidt in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 356 (1872)
- Pisonia elliptica J.A.Schmidt in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 361 (1872)
- Pisonia florida var. pabstiana Schltdl. in Linnaea 23: 575 (1850)
- Pisonia georgina Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 6768 (1832)
- Pisonia grandifolia Standl. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 391 (1911), nom. illeg.
- Pisonia helleri Standl. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 21: 187 (1918)
- Pisonia limonella Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 735 (1826)
- Pisonia loranthoides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 7: 197 (1825)
- Pisonia minor Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 443 (1849)
- Pisonia mitis L. in Sp. Pl.: 1026 (1753)
- Pisonia monotaxadenia C.Wright in Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 7: 199 (1870)
- Pisonia nitida Willd. ex Ettingsh. in Blattskel. Apetal.: 47 (1858), nom. illeg.
- Pisonia pallavia Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 345 (1841)
- Pisonia pedicellaris Griseb. ex C.Wright in Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 7: 199 (1870)
- Pisonia tellulata Huber in Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 5: 350 (1909)
- Pisonia uniseriata C.Wright in Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 7: 200 (1870)
- Pisonia villosa Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 347 (1804)
- Pisonia yagua-pinda D.Parodi in Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 5: 211 (1878)
- Tragularia horrida J.Koenig ex Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 217 (1832)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Cosmopolitan'
- Regional: Tropical & Subtropical
  - Aldabra, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tonga, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen
- Introduced into:
  - Bangladesh, Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mauritius, Nansei-shoto, Nigeria, Sudan, Trinidad-Tobago

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1026. Reference page.

Additional references

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Pisonia aculeata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 06. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Pisonia aculeata. Published online. Accessed: August 06 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. Pisonia aculeata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 06. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Pisonia aculeata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 August 2024.

Vernacular names

العربية: حوقم
English: pullback
русский: Пизония колючая
中文: 腺果藤, 刺藤, 腺果水冬瓜

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