Psydrax

Psydrax
Psydrax odorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Vanguerieae
Genus: Psydrax
Gaertn.
Type species
Psydrax dicoccos
Gaertn.
Synonyms

Psydrax is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It consists of trees, shrubs, and a few lianas in the paleotropics.

Taxonomy

The genus was named by Joseph Gaertner in 1788 in his book, De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum.[1] Psydrax is a Greek word meaning a blister or bump. Gaertner may have chosen this name to refer to the warty fruit or the pimply seeds of some species.[2] The name was hardly ever used after Gaertner proposed it because most authors placed these species in Canthium. Psydrax was reinstated in 1985 and 37 African species were transferred to it from Canthium.[3] The monospecific genus Mesoptera was also sunk into Psydrax.[4] Psydrax was shown to be monophyletic in a molecular phylogenetic study.[5] It is closely related to Afrocanthium, Cyclophyllum and Keetia, genera that have been segregated from Canthium.[5][6]

Species

  • Psydrax acutiflora (Hiern) Bridson
  • Psydrax ammophila S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax amplifolia (Elmer)A.P.Davis
  • Psydrax ankotekonensis (Cavaco) A.P.Davis & Bridson
  • Psydrax arnoldiana (De Wild. & T.Durand) Bridson
  • Psydrax attenuata (R.Br. ex Benth.) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax austro-orientalis (Cavaco) A.P.Davis & Bridson
  • Psydrax banksii S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax bathieana (Cavaco)A.P.Davis & Bridson
  • Psydrax bridsoniana Cheek & Sonké
  • Psydrax calcicola (Craib)A.P.Davis
  • Psydrax capensis J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
  • Psydrax cymigera (Valeton)S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax dicoccos Gaertn.
  • Psydrax dunlapii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson
  • Psydrax esirensis (Cavaco) A.P.Davis & Bridson
  • Psydrax fasciculata (Blume) A.P.Davis
  • Psydrax faulknerae Bridson
  • Psydrax ficiformis (Hook.f.) Bridson
  • Psydrax forsteri S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax fragrantissima (K.Schum.) Bridson
  • Psydrax gilletii (De Wild.) Bridson
  • Psydrax glabra (Blume) Deb & M.Gangop.
  • Psydrax graciliflora (Merr. & L.M.Perry) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax grandifolia (Thwaites) Ridsdale
  • Psydrax graniticola (Chiov.) Bridson
  • Psydrax gynochthodes (Baill.) Arriola, Yayen & Alejandro
  • Psydrax horizontalis (SChumach. & Thonn.) Bridson
  • Psydrax johnsonii S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax kaessneri (S.Moore) Bridson
  • Psydrax kibuwae Bridson
  • Psydrax kingii (Hook.f.) Bridson & Springate
  • Psydrax kraussioides (Hiern) Bridson
  • Psydrax lamprophylla (F.Muell.) Bridson
  • Psydrax latifolia (F.Muell. ex Benth.) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax laxiflorens S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax lepida S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax livida (Hiern) Bridson
  • Psydrax locuples (K.Schum.) Bridson
  • Psydrax longipes S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax longistyla (Merr.) A.P.Davis
  • Psydrax lynesii Bullock ex Bridson
  • Psydrax maingayi (Hook.f.) Bridson
  • Psydrax manambyana (Cavaco) A.P.Davis & Bridson
  • Psydrax manensis (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Bridson
  • Psydrax martini (Dunkley) Bridson
  • Psydrax micans (Bullock) Bridson
  • Psydrax moandensis Bridson
  • Psydrax moggii Bridson
  • Psydrax montana (Thwaites) Ridsdale
  • Psydrax montigena S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax mutimushii Bridson
  • Psydrax nitida (Craib) K.M.Wong
  • Psydrax obovata (Klotzsch ex Eckl. & Zeyh.) Bridson
  • Psydrax occidentalis (Cavaco) A.P.Davis & Bridson
  • Psydrax odorata (G.Forst.) A.C.Sm. & S.P.Darwin
  • Psydrax oleifolia (Hook.) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax pallida S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax palma (K.Schum.) Bridson
  • Psydrax paludosa S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax paradoxa (Virot) Mouly
  • Psydrax parviflora (Afzel.) Bridson
  • Psydrax pendulina S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax pergracilis (Bourd.) Ridsdale
  • Psydrax polhillii Bridson
  • Psydrax puberula Arriola & Alejandro
  • Psydrax recurvifolia (Bullock) Bridson
  • Psydrax reticulata (C.T.White) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax richardsiae Bridson
  • Psydrax rigidula S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax robertsoniae Bridson
  • Psydrax saligna S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax sambiranensis (Cavaco) A.P.Davis & Bridson
  • Psydrax schimperiana (A.Rich.) Bridson
  • Psydrax sepikensis A.P.Davis
  • Psydrax shuguriensis Bridson
  • Psydrax splendens (K.Schum.) Bridson
  • Psydrax suaveolens (S.Moore) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax subcordata (DC.) Bridson
  • Psydrax suborbicularis (C.T.White) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax tropica S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Psydrax umbellata (Wight) Bridson
  • Psydrax virgata (Hiern) Bridson
  • Psydrax whitei Bridson

References

  1. ↑ Gaertner J (1788). De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum. 1. p. 125.
  2. ↑ Quattrocchi U (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names (3 ed.). Baton Rouge, New York, London, Washington DC.: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2673-8.
  3. ↑ Bridson DM (1985). "The reinstatement of Psydrax (Rubiaceae, subfam. Cinchonoideae tribe Vanguerieae) and a revision of the African species". Kew Bulletin. 40 (4): 687–725. doi:10.2307/4109853.
  4. ↑ Govaerts, Rafaël. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  5. 1 2 Lantz H, Bremer B (2004). "Phylogeny inferred from morphology and DNA data: characterizing well-supported groups in Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 146 (3): 257–283. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00338.x.
  6. ↑ Bridson DM (1986). "The reinstatement of the African genus Keetia (Rubiaceae subfam. Cinchonoideae tribe Vanguerieae)". Kew Bulletin. 41 (4): 965–994. doi:10.2307/4102996.
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