Nuxia
| Nuxia | |
|---|---|
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| Nuxia floribunda | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Stilbaceae |
| Genus: | Nuxia Comm. ex Lam. |
| Type species | |
| Nuxia verticillata Lam. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nuxia is a genus of plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus in 1791.[2][3][4]
Nuxia is native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean.[1]
- Species[1]
- Nuxia allorgeorum Jovet - Madagascar
- Nuxia ambrensis Jovet - Madagascar
- Nuxia capitata Baker - Madagascar
- Nuxia congesta R.Br. ex Fresen. - Saudi Arabia, much of sub-Saharan Africa
- Nuxia coriacea Soler. - Madagascar
- Nuxia floribunda Benth. - E + S Africa from Uganda to Cape Prov
- Nuxia glomerulata (C.A.Sm.) Verd. - Limpopo
- Nuxia gracilis Engl. - Limpopo, Cape Prov
- Nuxia involucrata Aug.DC. - Madagascar
- Nuxia isaloensis Jovet - Madagascar
- Nuxia oppositifolia (Hochst.) Benth. - Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Madagascar, E + C + S Africa from Eritrea to KwaZulu-Natal
- Nuxia pachyphylla Baker - Madagascar
- Nuxia pseudodentata Gilg - Comoros
- Nuxia sphaerocephala Baker - Madagascar
- Nuxia verticillata Lam. - Mauritius, Réunion
References
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de. 1791. Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique Botanique 1:295-296. description in Latin
- ↑ Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de. 1791. Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique Botanique plate 71. line drawing as illustration (at lower left)
- ↑ Tropicos, Nuxia Comm. ex Lam.
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