Biology:Hartogiella

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Short description: Genus of trees

Hartogiella
Hartogiella schinoides Spoonwood tree - Cape Town South Africa 7.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Hartogiella
Codd, 1983
Species:
H. schinoides
Binomial name
Hartogiella schinoides
(Spreng.) Codd
Synonyms

Hartagia

Hartogiella is a genus of flowering plants within the family Celastraceae.

It contains one species, Hartogiella schinoides (known as the spoonwood or smalblad), a medium-sized tree from the southern Western Cape province of South Africa. It has opposing leaves that show elastic threads when broken, and red fleshy fruit that becomes dry later in the year.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5224991 entry