Vismia

Vismia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae. Members of the genus are small trees and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical areas of Central America and South America. 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.

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. It was first described and published in Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec. on page 51 in 1788.

Known species
Plants of the World Online accepts 48 species; • 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