Vismia

Vismia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae.^[1] Members of the genus are small trees and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical areas of Central America and South America.^[2] Including the countries of Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago and Venezuela.^[1]

Vismia
Vismia baccifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Hypericaceae
Tribe:	Vismieae
Genus:	Vismia Vand.
Synonyms[1]
Acrossanthes C.Presl Caopia Adans.

Like many members of the Hypericaceae, these plants contain xanthonoids.

The genus name of Vismia is in honour of Gérard de Visme (c. 1725 – c. 1797), a French and English merchant in Lisbon, Portugal.^[3] It was first described and published in Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec. on page 51 in 1788.^[1]

Known species

Plants of the World Online accepts 48 species;^[1]

• Vismia affinis Oliv.
• Vismia atlantica L.Marinho & M.V.Martins
• Vismia baccifera (L.) Planch. & Triana
• Vismia bemerguii M.E.Berg
• Vismia billbergiana Beurl.
• Vismia brasiliensis Choisy
• Vismia camparaguey Sprague & L.Riley
• Vismia cauliflora A.C.Sm.
• Vismia cavalcantei Van den Berg
• Vismia cavanillesiana Cuatrec.
• Vismia cayennensis (Jacq.) Pers.
• Vismia confertiflora Spruce ex Reichardt
• Vismia corymbosa A.Chev.
• Vismia crassa (Rusby) S.F.Blake
• Vismia cuatrecasasii Ewan
• Vismia ferruginea Kunth
• Vismia floribunda Sprague
• Vismia glabra Ruiz & Pav.
• Vismia gracilis Hieron.
• Vismia guianensis (Aubl.) Pers.
• Vismia guineensis (L.) Choisy
• Vismia japurensis Rchb.f.
• Vismia jefensis N.Robson
• Vismia laevis Planch. & Triana
• Vismia lateriflora Ducke
• Vismia latifolia (Aubl.) Choisy
• Vismia latisepala N.Robson
• Vismia laurentii De Wild.
• Vismia lauriformis (Lam.) Choisy
• Vismia laxiflora Rchb.f.
• Vismia lindeniana Decne. ex Turcz.
• Vismia macrophylla Kunth
• Vismia magnoliifolia Cham. & Schltdl.
• Vismia mandurr Hieron.
• Vismia martiana Rchb.f.
• Vismia micrantha A.St.-Hil.
• Vismia minutiflora Ewan
• Vismia obtusa Spruce ex Reichardt
• Vismia orientalis Engl.
• Vismia parviflora Cham. & Schltdl.
• Vismia pauciflora Milne-Redh.
• Vismia pentagyna (Spreng.) Ewan
• Vismia plicatifolia Hochr.
• Vismia pozuzoensis Engl.
• Vismia ramuliflora Miq.
• Vismia rubescens Oliv.
• Vismia rufa Cuatrec.
• Vismia rusbyi Ewan
• Vismia sandwithii Ewan
• Vismia sessilifolia (Aubl.) Choisy
• Vismia sprucei Sprague
• Vismia steyermarkii N.Robson
• Vismia tenuinervia (M.E.Berg) N.Robson
• Vismia tomentosa Rui
• Vismia torrei Mendes

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  Vismia guianensis
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  Vismia ferruginea