Esenbeckia (plant)

Esenbeckia
Esenbeckia pumila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Toddalioideae
Tribe: Cusparieae
Genus: Esenbeckia
Kunth[1]
Type species
Esenbeckia pilocarpoides
Kunth[2]
Species

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Esenbeckia is a genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae.[1] All species in the genus are native to the Americas, with the highest diversity in South America.[3] They are commonly known as Jopoy,[4] the Mayan word for E. berlandieri,[5][6] or Gasparillo (Spanish).[4]

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Taxonomy

The generic name commemorates German naturalist Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776 - 1858).[3] The Takhtajan system places the genus in the subfamily Rutoideae, tribe Cusparieae,[7] while Germplasm Resources Information Network places it in the subfamily Toddalioideae, tribe Cusparieae.[1]

Selected species

Formerly placed here

References

  1. ^ a b c "Esenbeckia Kunth". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2008-03-20. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4461. Retrieved 2010-06-21. 
  2. ^ "Esenbeckia Kunth". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/NameDetails.aspx?nameid=40006221. Retrieved 2010-01-09. 
  3. ^ a b Everett, Thomas H. (1981). The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture. 4. Courier Corporation. p. 1268. ISBN 9780824072346. http://books.google.com/books?id=h6xcnf5TksYC. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f Grandtner, Miroslav M. (2005). Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: With Names in Latin, English, French, Spanish and Other Languages. 1. Elsevier. pp. 335–336. ISBN 9780444517845. http://books.google.com/books?id=yjc5ZYWtkNAC. 
  5. ^ Nokes, Jill (2001). How to Grow Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest (2 ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 261. ISBN 9780292755734. http://books.google.com/books?id=r9qqlxIOKTwC&dq. 
  6. ^ Jopoy is also the word for Ficus spp. in Teenek (Wastek language), see Alcorn, Janis B. (1984). Huastec Mayan Ethnobotany. University of Texas Press. p. 653. ISBN 9780292715431. http://books.google.com/books?id=cblVAAAAMAAJ. 
  7. ^ Takhtajan, Armen (2009). Flowering Plants (2 ed.). Springer. p. 375. http://books.google.com/books?id=oumyfO-NHuUC&. 
  8. ^ "Esenbeckia Kunth Subordinate Taxa". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/NameSubordinateTaxa.aspx?nameid=40006221. Retrieved 2010-01-10. 
  9. ^ "GRIN Species Records of Esenbeckia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?4461. Retrieved 2010-09-16.