Jacquinia

Jacquinia

Taxobox
name = "Jacquinia"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "J. pungens" flowers
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Theophrastaceae
genus = "Jacquinia"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

"Jacquinia" is a genus of evergreen shrubs and trees in the family Theophrastaceae, native to Central America and the Caribbean.

The genus was established by Linnaeus in 1760 and named by him in honor of Jacquin.

There are about 86 species. [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_family=&find_genus=Jacquinia&find_species=&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_publicationTitle=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch IPNI] .

External source

* [http://test.tropicos.org/Name.aspx?nameid=40032830&tab=subtaxa List of species on "Tropicos"]
* [http://132.236.163.181/index.html See also images of "Jacquinia" on "Diversity of Life"]


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