Curtisia

Curtisia dentata

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Cornales
Familia: Curtisiaceae
Genus: Curtisia
Species: C. dentata – C. faginea

Name

Curtisia Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 162 (1789) nom. cons.

• Monotypic taxon
• Type species:  Curtisia dentata (Burm.f.) C.A.Sm., J. S. African Forest. Assoc. 20: 34 50 (1951) Designated as synonym Curtisia faginea Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 162 (1789).

Synonyms

• Homonyms
  • Curtisia Schreb. Gen. Pl. 199 (1789)
• Heterotypic
  • Junghansia J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 259 (1791), nom. illeg.
  • Relhamia J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 247 (1791).

References

• Aiton, W. (1789) Hortus Kewensis 1: 162.
• Yembaturova, E. Y., van Wyk, B.-E., & Tilney, P.M. (2009) A review of the genus Curtisia (Curtisiaceae). Bothalia 39: 87–96.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Curtisia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Nov. 9.
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Curtisia. Published on the Internet. Accessed Nov. 8 2015.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Curtisia Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Nov 9.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Curtisia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Assegai Tree

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