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Ischnosiphon

Ischnosiphon is a genus of plants native to Central America, South America, Trinidad and the Lesser Antilles. It was first described as a genus in 1859.

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Ischnosiphon
Ischnosiphon gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Ischnosiphon
Körn.
Type species
Ischnosiphon arouma
(Aubl.) Körn.12
Synonyms3
  • Hymenocharis Salisb. ex Kuntze 1891 illegitimate homonym, not Salisb. 1812

Ischnosiphon is a genus of plants native to Central America, South America, Trinidad and the Lesser Antilles.3 It was first described as a genus in 1859.42567

Ischnosiphon species are traditionally used for weaving. In Suriname, the stems of several Ischnosiphon species, known locally as warimbo, are used for weaving baskets.8 Similarly, in Peru, several species of Ischnosiphon including I. puberulus, I. arouma, and I. obliquus, known locally as huarumá (Spanish) and dexpe (Ticuna), are culturally important for making traditional fabric.910

Species3
  • Ischnosiphon annulatus - Peru, Ecuador
  • Ischnosiphon arouma - from Panama + Leeward Is to Bolivia
  • Ischnosiphon bahiensis - Bahia
  • Ischnosiphon cannoideus - S Colombia, S Venezuela, NW Brazil
  • Ischnosiphon caudatus - Loreto
  • Ischnosiphon centricifolius - Guyana, French Guiana
  • Ischnosiphon cerotus - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
  • Ischnosiphon colombianus - Colombia
  • Ischnosiphon crassispicus - B Amazonas
  • Ischnosiphon elegans - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
  • Ischnosiphon enigmaticus - Guyana, French Guiana, Venezuela
  • Ischnosiphon flagellatus - N Brazil
  • Ischnosiphon foliosus - Guyana
  • Ischnosiphon fusiformis - Peru
  • Ischnosiphon gracilis - South America
  • Ischnosiphon grandibracteatus - Colombia, NW Brazil
  • Ischnosiphon heleniae - Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama
  • Ischnosiphon hirsutus - South America
  • Ischnosiphon idrobonis - Colombia
  • Ischnosiphon inflatus - from Nicaragua to Peru
  • Ischnosiphon killipii - Ecuador, Loreto, B Amazonas
  • Ischnosiphon lasiocoleus - Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, NW Brazil
  • Ischnosiphon leucophaeus - Central + South America
  • Ischnosiphon longiflorus - N South America
  • Ischnosiphon macarenae - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
  • Ischnosiphon martianus - Suriname, Fr Guiana, N Brazil
  • Ischnosiphon obliquus - N South America
  • Ischnosiphon ovatus - SE Brazil
  • Ischnosiphon parvifolius - Loreto
  • Ischnosiphon paryrizinho - N Brazil
  • Ischnosiphon petiolatus - Suriname, Fr Guiana, Guyana, N Brazil
  • Ischnosiphon polyphyllus - S Colombia, S Venezuela, NW Brazil
  • Ischnosiphon puberulus - South America
  • Ischnosiphon rotundifolius - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
  • Ischnosiphon surumuensis - S Venezuela, N Brazil
  • Ischnosiphon ursinus - Fr Guiana, Venezuela, N Brazil
References

References

  1. lectotype designated by L. Andersson, Opera Bot. 43: 26 (1977)
  2. Tropicos, Ischnosiphon Körn.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Ischnosiphon
  4. Körnicke, Friedrich August. 1859. Nouveau Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 11: 346–348.
  5. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  6. Matuda, E. 1951. Estudio de las plantas de Chiapas. VIII. Marantaceas de Chiapas. Anales del instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional de México 21(2): 319–343
  7. Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii
  8. Jonker-Verhoef, A. M. E.; Jonker, F. P. (1955). "Notes on the Marantaceae of Suriname" (PDF). Acta Botanica Neerlandica. 4 (2). Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  9. Palacios Vega, Juan José; Martín Brañas, Manuel; Silverstein, Sydney; Zárate Gómez, Ricardo; Kawa, Nicholas C.; del Águila Villacorta, Margarita (2024). "Spatiotemporal impacts of drug crop and commodity agriculture on cultural ecosystem services: The case of ischnosiphon in ticuna communities of loreto, peru". Journal of Illicit Economies and Development. 6 (1): 93–111. doi:10.31389/jied.219. hdl:10419/320698.
  10. Brañas, Manuel Martín; Núñez Pérez, Cecilia del Carmen; Zárate Gómez, Ricardo (2016). "Identificación de especies del género Ischnosiphon utilizadas por dos comunidades Ticuna del Perú para elaborar sus tejidos tradicionales". Ciencia amazónica (Iquitos). 6 (2): 116–123. doi:10.22386/ca.v6i2.119.