Hornschuchia

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Hornschuchia

Genus of Annonaceae plants

Hornschuchia is a genus of flowering plants in the custard apple and soursop family Annonaceae, with all species native to South America and in eastern Brazil.[1] It is within the Bocageeae tribe.[2]

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The genus name of Hornschuchia is in honour of Christian Friedrich Hornschuch (1793–1850), a German botanist born in Bavaria.[3] It was first described and published in Flora Vol.4 on page 302 in 1821.[1]

Species

According to Kew;

  • Hornschuchia alba (A.St.-Hil.) R.E.Fr.
  • Hornschuchia bryotrophe Nees
  • Hornschuchia cauliflora Maas & Setten
  • Hornschuchia citriodora D.M.Johnson
  • Hornschuchia leptandra D.M.Johnson
  • Hornschuchia lianarum D.M.Johnson
  • Hornschuchia myrtillus Nees
  • Hornschuchia obliqua Maas & Setten
  • Hornschuchia polyantha Maas
  • Hornschuchia santosii D.M.Johnson

Hornschuchia bryotrophe Nees is the type species.[2][4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Hornschuchia Nees | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  2. [2]
    Johnson, David M.; Murray, Nancy A. (July–September 1995). "ynopsis of the Tribe Bocageeae (Annonaceae), with Revisions of Cardiopetalum, Froesiodendron, Trigynaea, Bocagea, and Hornschuchia". Brittonia. 47 (3): 248–319.
  3. [3]
    Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. [4]
    Pierre Auguste Joseph Drapiez Dictionnaire classique des sciences naturelles: présentant la ..., Volume 5 (1859), p. 515, at Google Books
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