Ungnadia
| Mexican Buckeye | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Mexican Buckeye flowers | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sapindoideae |
| Genus: | Ungnadia Endl.[1] |
| Species: | U. speciosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Ungnadia speciosa Endl.[2] | |
Ungnadia speciosa, the Mexican Buckeye, is a shrub or small tree native to northern Mexico as well as Texas and southern New Mexico in the United States.[2] It is monotypic, the only species in the genus Ungnadia. The name honours Christian Samuel Baron von Ungnad (d. 1804).[3]
It differs from the buckeyes in the related genus Aesculus in having alternate, pinnate leaves with 5-7 leaflets, but the flowers and nuts are similar. Another similar related genus is the soapberry (genus Sapindus).
Natural range
References
- ↑ "Ungnadia Endl.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-29. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ungnadia speciosa Endl.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
- ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. 4 R-Z. Taylor & Francis US. p. 2760. ISBN 978-0-8493-2678-3.
External links
Media related to Ungnadia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Ungnadia speciosa at Wikispecies