Flora do Espírito Santo: Basellaceae

Abstract

ResumoBasellaceae é uma pequena família de Eudicotiledôneas, composta por quatro gêneros e ca. 20 espécies.No Brasil e no estado do Espírito Santo, é encontrado apenas o gênero Anredera, representado por duas espécies: A. cordifolia e A. tucumanensis. Nós apresentamos descrições, comentários, mapa de distribuição, e ilustrações para todas as espécies. Palavras-chave: bertalha, Brasil, Caryophyllales, PANC, Portulacineae. AbstractBasellaceae is a small family of Eudicots, composed by four genera and ca. 20 species. In Brazil and in the state of Espírito Santo, only Anredera is known to occur, represented by two species: A. cordifolia e A. tucumanensis. We present descriptions, comments, distribution map, and illustrations for all species.

Ethnobotany, ecology, pharmacology, and chemistry of Anredera cordifolia (Basellaceae): a review

“…It is also seen in anthropized regions, such as in vacant lots in urban areas ( Fig. 1a) (Imig et al 2015), as it is considered to be ruderal (Pellegrini & Sakuragui 2017). In Brazil, more specifically in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, it is found on the borders of rainforests and in the Pampa region (Souza & Lorenzi 2012;Pellegrini & Sakuragui 2017).…”

“…1b) (Vivian-Smith et al 2007). Its leaves are cordate to ovate (Boyne et al 2013) very fleshy, dark green, shiny, and rarely elliptical (Imig et al 2015;Pellegrini & Sakuragui 2017). It is characterized by white, pendent, and fragrant inflorescences (Souza & Lorenzi 2012) such as racemes or panicles, either axillary or terminal (Fig.…”

“…The flowers are perfect with triangular to broadly ovate bracteoles, the sepals are broadly ovate to broadly elliptical, the petals are uniform, patent, elliptical to obovate, white or greenish white, with trifid style and capitate stigma. The fruit is a patent brown achene (Pellegrini & Sakuragui 2017).…”

“…Basellaceae has a pantropical distribution of the genera Anredera Juss., Basella L., Tournonia Moq., and Ullucus Caldas. In Brazil, Anredera cordifolia and Anredera tucumarensis (Lillo & Hauman) Sperling are native species (Pellegrini & Sakuragui 2017), and the genus Basella was introduced in Brazil (Souza & Lorenzi 2012).…”

“…Anredera is the largest genus of this family with approximately 12 species, with broader diversity in the Andean region. It differs from the genus Basella because of its inflorescences with thin rachises (vs. fleshy ones in Basella), connate sepals (free ones in Basella), stalked and fragrant flowers (odorless and sessile in Basella), and spheroidal and echinate pollen (cuboidal and reticulate in Basella) (Erikson 2007;Pellegrini & Sakuragui 2017).…”