Azara

For the Spanish naturalist, see Félix de Azara.

Azara dentata, Central Chile

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Salicaceae
Tribus: Flacourtieae
Genus: Azara
Species: A. alpina – A. celastrina – A. dentata – A. integrifolia – A. intermedia – A. lanceolata – A. microphylla – A. petiolaris – A. salicifolia – A. serrata – A. uruguayensis

Name

Azara Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 79, t. 36. (1794)

• Type species: Azara serrata Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 79, t. 36. (1794)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Arechavaletaia Speg., Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 47: 9. (1898)
  • Myrtophyllum Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(I): 604. (1863), nom. rej.
  • Staphylorhodos Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 35(II): 321. (1862)

References

• Ruiz, H. & Pavon, J. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis prodromus, sive Novorum generum plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium descriptiones, et icones. XXII + 154 pp., 37 tt. Sancha, Madrid. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.  p. 79, t. 36.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Azara in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jan. 30. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Azara. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 July 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Azara. Published online. Accessed: July 29 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Azara. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 July 2018.

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