Biology:Citronella (genus)

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants


Citronella
Citronella mucronata (R. et P.) D. Don (pabloendemico).jpg
Citronella mucronata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Aquifoliales
Family: Cardiopteridaceae
Genus: Citronella
D.Don
Synonyms[1]
  • Chariessa Miq.
  • Briquetina J.F.Macbr.

Citronella aka Andreea is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cardiopteridaceae described as a genus in 1832.[2][3] It is native to tropical regions of South and Central America, insular Southeast Asia, Australia , and islands of the western Pacific.[1] The genus was formerly treated as belonging to the family Icacinaceae.[4][5]

Few species have been cultivated. Citronella mucronata, from Chile , is remarkable for its hardiness compared to other members of this genus. It is one of the most well-known of the species and has been introduced to Europe.[6][7]

Species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Don, David. 1832. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 13: 243-244 description in Latin, commentary in English
  3. Tropicos, Citronella D.Don
  4. Howard R. A. 1942d Studies of the Icacinaceae. V. A revision of the genus Citronella D. Don. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 142: 60-89
  5. Genus Citronella from Encyclopedia of Chilean Flora
  6. "Chilean plants cultivated in Spain". http://www.arrakis.es/~jmanuel/Plantaschilenas.pdf. 
  7. Mabberley, D. 1997. The Plant-Book. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 858p.

Wikidata ☰ Q3283494 entry