Varronia neowediana (A.DC.) Borhidi (1988:386)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Varronia macrocephala Nees & Mart. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 11: 78 (1823), nom. illeg.; Cordia neowediana A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 498 (1845); Lithocardium neowiedianum Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 976 (1891)
Conservation Status
Rediscovered after 176 years (de Sousa Silva et al., 2022)
Distribution
Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Borhidi, A. L., Gondar, E. and Orosz-Kovacs, Z. S. (1988). The re-consideration of the genus Cordia L. Acta Botanica Hungarica 34(3-4): 375-423.
de Sousa Silva, Thaynara, Athiê-Souza, Sarah Maria and de Melo, José Iranildo Miranda. (2022). Taxonomic novelties in Varronia (Cordiaceae): Rediscovery of V. neowediana and lectotypification of V. macrocephala. Brittonia 74: 280-289. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-022-09707-x