Ottoschulzia

Ottoschulzia
Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Metteniusales
Family:	Metteniusaceae
Genus:	Ottoschulzia Urb.

Ottoschulzia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Metteniusaceae. ^[1]

Taxonomy

The genus name of Ottoschulzia is in honour of Otto Eugen Schulz (1874–1936), a German botanist, born in Berlin. ^[2] It was first described and published in Symb. Antill. Vol.7 on page 272 in 1912. ^{[1] [3]}

Species

According to Kew: ^[1]

• Ottoschulzia cubensis (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Urb.
• Ottoschulzia domingensis Urb.
• Ottoschulzia pallida Lundell
• Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon (Urb.) Urb.

Distribution

Its native range is from southeastern Mexico to Guatemala, and in the Greater Antilles (Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico). ^[1]

References

1. "Ottoschulzia Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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. Urban, Ignatz (1911–1913). "Ottoschulzia". Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis (in Latin). pp. 272–274. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.144.