November 01, 2021

BRAZIL ✕ MEXICO/COLOMBIA: BOTANY

Revised orders: Amborellales, Austrobaileyales, Acorales, Petrosaviales, Ceratophyllales, Tetrachondrales, Dilleniales, Berberidopsidales, Vahliales, Bruniales, Aquifoliales, Paracryphiales, and Escalloniales.

AMBORELLALES

Order absent in New World.

AUSTROBAILEYALES

SCHISANDRACEAE

Three genera worldwide, llicium (40, E Himalaya to Japan and Malesia, SE U.S.A. to E & Central Mexico, Cuba to Hispaniola), Kadsura (17, S China to temperate E Asia and tropical Asia), and Schisandra (26, Himalaya to Russian Far East and Indo-China, Jawa to Lesser Sunda Islands, SE U.S.A. to N & E Mexico). 8 spp. in New World: 3 in Cuba (Illicium), two only in Hispaniola (Illicium), two from SE U.S.A. to C Mexico (Illicium and Schisandra one each), and one from Florida and Dominican Republic (Illicium).

ACORALES

Order absent in Mexico, Brazil and Colombia, present in New World.

PETROSAVIALES

Order absent in New World.

CERATOPHYLLALES

Brazil, Colombia and Mexico has the same species in this order

TROCHODENDRALES

Order absent in New World.

DILLENIALES

All New World genera occur in Brazil. Among all New World genera, Brazil has the greatest diversity, except for Neodillenia, in which Colombia holds higher diversity (2 ✕ 1).

BERBERIDOPSIDALES

Order absent in Mexico, Brazil and Colombia, present in New World.

VAHLIALES

Order absent in New World.

AQUIFOLIALES

AQUIFOLIACEAE ‣ Brazil surpasses Colombia and Mexico in the number of species within this family.

PHYLLONOMACEAE ‣ The highly remarkable Phyllonoma (5) does not occur in Brazil — both Mexico and Colombia each host one species.

ESCALLONIALES

Escalloniales does not occur in Mexico. Brazil surpasses Colombia in the number of species within the order (9 ✕ 4).



BRUNIALES

Order absent in New World.



PARACRYPHIALES

Order absent in New World.