Barjonia

Barjonia
Barjonia cymosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:	Asclepiadeae
Genus:	Barjonia Decne.

Barjonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.^[1] They are native to South America.^[2][3]

Species^[4]

1. Barjonia chlorifolia Decne. - Brazil, Bolivia
2. Barjonia cymosa E.Fourn. - Brazil
3. Barjonia erecta (Vell.) K.Schum. - Goiás, Mato Grosso
4. Barjonia glazioui Marquete - Goiás, Distrito Federal
5. Barjonia grazielae Marquete - Goiás, Distrito Federal
6. Barjonia harleyi Fontella & Marquete - Bahia
7. Barjonia laxa Malme - Brazil, Bolivia

formerly included^[4]

transferred to Hemipogon, Minaria

1. B. acerosa now Hemipogon hemipogonoides
2. B. ditassoides now Minaria ditassoides
3. B. parva now Minaria parva

References

1. Decaisne, Joseph. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 512 in Latin
2. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil [1] Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
3. Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin de las plantas de los cerrados de la Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
4. The Plant List, genus Hemipogon