Harrisonia

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Harrisonia
Harrisonia abyssinica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Cneoroideae
Genus: Harrisonia
R.Br. ex A.Juss.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Ebelingia Rchb.
  • Lasiolepis Benn.

Harrisonia is a small genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Cneoroideae of the Rutaceae (citrus family).[3][4] Older taxonomic treatments have placed this genus in the Simaroubaceae.[2]

Species[edit]

Plants of the World Online currently includes:[2]

  1. Harrisonia abyssinica Oliv. - Africa
  2. Harrisonia brownii A.Juss. - type species[5] with a discontinuous range from the Andaman Islands to Malesia and New Guinea[2]
  3. Harrisonia perforata (Blanco) Merr. - China and Indochina

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brown R (1825) Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 517.
  2. ^ a b c d "Harrisonia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ Appelhans, Marc S.; Bayly, Michael J.; Heslewood, Margaret M.; Groppo, Milton; Verboom, G. Anthony; Forster, Paul I.; Kallunki, Jacquelyn A. & Duretto, Marco F. (2021), "A new subfamily classification of the Citrus family (Rutaceae) based on six nuclear and plastid markers", Taxon, doi:10.1002/tax.12543, hdl:11343/288824
  4. ^ NCBI: Cneoroideae
  5. ^ Tropicos: Harrisonia R. Br. ex A. Juss.