Esenbeckia | |
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Esenbeckia pumila | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Subfamily: | Zanthoxyloideae |
Genus: | Esenbeckia Kunth [1] |
Type species | |
Esenbeckia pilocarpoides Kunth [2] | |
Species | |
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Esenbeckia is a genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. [1] All species in the genus are native to the Americas, with the highest diversity in South America. [3] They are commonly known as jopoy, [4] the Mayan word for E. berlandieri , [5] [6] or gasparillo (Spanish). [4]
The generic name commemorates German naturalist Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776 - 1858). [3] The Takhtajan system placed the genus in the subfamily Rutoideae, [7] while Germplasm Resources Information Network placed it in the subfamily Toddalioideae. [1] A 2021 classification of the family Rutaceae places it in subfamily Zanthoxyloideae, [8] a placement accepted by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. [9]