- Northia
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Northia Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Sapotaceae Genus: Northia Northia is a genus of plant in family Sapotaceae.
The name was first published by Joseph Dalton Hooker, in Hooker's Icones Plantarum (Sep 1884), in his description of Northia seychellana.[1] The spelling was given as Northia on the plate, but the variant Northea in the text.[2] Hooker gave the genus name in honour of the botanical illustrator and painter, Marianne North.
The genus contains the following species:
- Northia brevitubulata
- Northia confusa
- Northia hornei
- Northia seychellana
- Northia vitiensis
References
- ^ Hooker's Icon. Pl. 15: 57, t. 1473. 1884 [Sep 1884]
- ^ "Northia". Plant Name details. International Plant Names Index. 2005. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=788143-1. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
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