Caldcluvia

Caldcluvia
Caldcluvia paniculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Caldcluvia
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Caldcluvia is a genus of flowering plants containing about 11 species.[1]

Taxonomy

Caldcluvia was named after Scottish botanist Alexander Caldcleugh, who travelled to South America between 1819–1825, he collected plants for Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in England.

Species

Caldcluvia has been regarded as containing only one species, Caldcluvia paniculata, with other species placed in Ackama, Opocunonia and Spiraeopsis.[2][3] As of March 2016, The Plant List accepted 11 species:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Search results for Cladcluvia", The Plant List, retrieved 2016-03-01
  2. Hopkins, H.C.F. & Hoogland, R.D. (2002), "Cunoniaceae", in Noteboom, H.P., Flora Malesiana 16, Leiden: Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, p. 53‑165
  3. Bradford, J.C.; Hopkins, H.C.F. & Barnes, R.W. (2004), "Cunoniaceae", in Kubitzki, K., The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Volume VI, Flowering plants, Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales., Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 91–111
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