Catha

Catha edulis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Celastraceae
Genus: Catha
Species: C. edulis

Name

Catha Forssk. ex Scop., Genera Plantarum ed. 8. (1789)

• Type species: Catha edulis (Vahl) Endl. LT designated by Friis, Taxon 33: 662 (1984)

Synonymy

• Methyscophyllum Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 152 (1836)
• Trigonotheca Hochst. Flora 24: 662 (1841)
• Dillonia Sacleux Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 4: 602 (1932)

References

Primary references

• Ecklon, C.F. & Zeyher, C. 1834 [‘1835’]. Enumeratio plantarum africae australis extratropicae. Pars 1. Pp. 1–144. Hamburg. BHL Google Books Reference page. 
• Forsskål, P., 1777. Introductio ad Historiam Naturalem 228. 1777. (Intr. Hist. Nat.) Annotation: prev. in Fl. Aegypt. Arab. 63, 1775

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Catha. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 September 30. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Catha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 September 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Catha. Published online. Accessed September 30 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Catha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 30 September 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Catha in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Khat
suomi: Katpensaat

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