Zuccarinia

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Zuccarinia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Zuccarinia
Blume
Species:
Z. macrophylla
Binomial name
Zuccarinia macrophylla
Blume

Zuccarinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family of Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, i.e. Zuccarinia macrophylla, which is endemic to western Malesia, [1] It is found in Jawa, Malaya and Sumatera. [2]

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The genus and species were circumscribed by Carl Ludwig Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. on pages 1006-1007 in 1826. [2]

The genus name of Zuccarinia is in honour of Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1797–1848), who was a German botanist, Professor of Botany at LMU Munich. [3]

Former species

References

  1. ↑ "World Checklist of Rubiaceae" . Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Zuccarinia Blume | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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