Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Elvasia steyermarkii Maguire, Acta Bot. Venez. 3(1–4): 297(–298), fig. 6. 1968.
    • Typus: Venezuela, Sucre: Península de Paria, Cerro de Humo, laderas pendientes de bosque siempe verde que miran al norte, a lo largo de las cabeceras de Río Santa Isabel, acerca de camino de bestias entre "Los Positos" y La Roma, 700–800 m. alt.; 11 Aug 1966; Steyermark & M.Rabe 96342 (holotype: NY-00277615; isotypes: F-0066123F, K-000382175, P-00542258, US-00110183, VEN-68425).

• Heterotypic
  • Perissocarpa steyermarkii subsp. tachirensis Steyerm. & Maguire in Steyerm., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 71(1): 320, fig. 8. 1984.
    • Typus: Venezuela, Táchira: Between dam site and narrow ridge, along Río San Buena, wooded sandstone hills, area of Presa Las Cuevas (Desarrollo Doradas Camburito y Complimentario Agua Linda), ca. 10 km E of La Fundación, 07°47–48'N, 71°46–47'W, 550–600 m; 21 Jun 1981; Steyermark & Manara 125174 (holotype: VEN-289278; isotypes: F-0066178F, K-000382176, MO-104056, MO-104057, NY-00277614, NY-00428969, P-00542257, PORT-38165, U-0005269, U-0007381, US-00169892, WIS-v0000134WIS).

Primary references

• Maguire, B. 1968. A new Elvasia (Ochnaceae) for Venezuela. Acta Botánica Venezuélica 3: 297–299. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Steyermark, J.A. 1984. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana—I. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 71: 297–340. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Sastre, C. 2003. Ochnaceae. Pp. 124–161 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 7, Myrtaceae–Plumbaginaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-930723-13-9. Reference page. 

• Sastre, C. 2007. Ochnaceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 445–449. BHL Reference page. 

• Wallnöfer, B., Kartusch, B. & Halbritter, H. 1998. A revision of Perissocarpa Steyerm. & Maguire (Ochnaceae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B (Botanik und Zoologie) 100B: 683–707. JSTOR PDF Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Perissocarpa steyermarkii. Published online. Accessed 02 February 2019.

• GBIF

• Hassler, M. 2019. Perissocarpa steyermarkii. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 February 02.

• Tropicos.org 2019. Perissocarpa steyermarkii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 02 February 2019.

• Perissocarpa steyermarkii in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed 02 February 2019.