Flacourtia
| Flacourtia | |
|---|---|
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| Flacourtia indica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Tribe: | Flacourtieae[1] |
| Genus: | Flacourtia Comm. ex L'Hér.[2] |
| Type species | |
| Flacourtia ramontchi L'Hér.[3] | |
| Species | |
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Flacourtia is a genus of flowering plants in the willow family, Salicaceae. It was previously placed in the now defunct family Flacourtiaceae.[2] The generic name honors Étienne de Flacourt (1607–1660), a governor of Madagascar. It contains 15 species of shrubs and small trees that are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species, especially F. indica, are cultivated as ornamentals and for their fruits.[4] The trunks of small trees are often guarded by branching spines.
Selected species
- Flacourtia indica (Burm.f.) Merr. – Batoko Plum (southern Asia, Madagascar)[4]
- Flacourtia inermis Roxb.
- Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch. – Indian Plum (Tropical Asia)
- Flacourtia montana J.Graham
- Flacourtia rukam Zoll. & Moritzi – Rukam (Indonesia)[4][5]
F. inermis
Formerly placed here
- Xylosma flexuosa (Kunth) Hemsl. (as F. flexuosa Kunth)[5]
References
- ↑ "Genus Flacourtia". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- 1 2 "Flacourtia Comm. ex L'Hér.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-30. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- ↑ "Flacourtia Comm. ex L'Hér.". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- 1 2 3 Everett, Thomas H. (1981). The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture 4. Courier Corporation. pp. 2376–2377. ISBN 978-0-8240-7234-6.
- 1 2 "GRIN Species Records of Flacourtia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-30. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
External links
Media related to Flacourtia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Flacourtia at Wikispecies
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