Genus Schwartzia Vell.


Summary
Genus number:
10936
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Marcgraviaceae
Subfamily:
Noranteoideae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
a request for a binding decision on the confusability (Madrid ICN Art. 53.4) of the earlier parahomonym Swartzia Schreb. (1791) has been submitted


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References:
  1. Giraldo-Canas, D. 2002. Studies on the genus Schwartzia Vellozo (Marcgraviaceae) - a new species from the Andean Central Cordillera of Colombia. Novon 12:456-459.
  2. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  3. Machado, A. F. P. et al. 2014. (12) Request for a binding decision on whether Swartzia Schreb. (Leguminosae) and Schwartzia Vell. (Marcgraviaceae) are sufficiently alike to be confused. Taxon 63:695.
  4. Roon, A. C. de & S. Dressler. 1997. New taxa of Norantea Aubl. s.l. (Marcgraviaceae) from Central America and adjacent South America. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 119:328.
  5. Ward, N. M. & R. A. Price. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships of Marcgraviaceae: insights from three chloroplast genes. Syst. Bot. 27:149-160. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=10936. Accessed 25 June 2026.