1.3. 1. Galphimia Cav., Icon. 5: 61–62, pl. 489. 1799 nom. cons.

Figs 7 N, 8 P, 10 P

= Thryallis L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2: 554. 1762, nom. rej. ≡ Vorstia Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: (23). 1763, nom. superfl. Type species: Thryallis brasiliensis L. [≡ Galphimia brasiliensis (L.) A. Juss.].

Type species.

Galphimia glauca Cav.

Notes.

Galphimia currently comprises 26 accepted species (13 threatened species; Suppl. material 1) of shrubs to subshrubs endemic to the seasonally dry tropical forest biome in the Neotropics from the U. S. A. to Brazil (Anderson 2007; POWO 2024). For an identification key for all species of Galphimia, see Anderson (2007).