Ruizia

<i>Ruizia</i>

Ruizia

Genus of plants

Ruizia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. It contains 13 species native mostly to the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius and Réunion), and one species native to Madagascar.[1]

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The genus was described in 1786 by Antonio José Cavanilles, and named for Spanish botanist Hipólito Ruiz López (1754–1815).[2] It was long thought to contain a single species, Ruizia cordata, endemic to Réunion. In 2021 the genus was re-circumscribed to include the genus Trochetia and several species formerly classed in genus Dombeya.[3]

Species

13 species are currently accepted:[1]

  • Ruizia blackburniana (Bojer ex Baker) Dorr – Mauritius
  • Ruizia boutoniana (F.Friedmann) Dorr – Mauritius
  • Ruizia cordata Cav. – Réunion
  • Ruizia ferruginea (Cav.) Dorr – Mascarene Islands
  • Ruizia granulata (Cordem.) Dorr – Réunion
  • Ruizia mauritiana (F.Friedmann) Dorr – Mauritius
  • Ruizia parviflora (Bojer ex Baker) Dorr – Mauritius (Mount Corps de Garde)
  • Ruizia populnea (Cav.) Dorr – Mascarene Islands
  • Ruizia rosea (Lindl.) Dorr – Mauritius
  • Ruizia sevathianii (Le Péchon & Baider) Dorr – Mauritius
  • Ruizia tremula (Hochr.) Dorr – southwestern Madagascar
  • Ruizia triflora (DC.) Dorr – Mauritius
  • Ruizia uniflora (DC.) Dorr – Mauritius

References

  1. [1]
    Ruizia Cav. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. [2]
    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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. [3]
    Dorr, L.J. and Wurdack, K.J. (2021), Indo-Asian Eriolaena expanded to include two Malagasy genera, and other generic realignments based on molecular phylogenetics of Dombeyoideae (Malvaceae). Taxon, 70: 99-126. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12370
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