Wimmeria
| Wimmeria | |
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| Wimmeria concolor | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Wimmeria Schltdl. & Cham. (1831) |
Wimmeria is a genus of shrubs to small trees in the family Celastraceae.[1] It includes 17 species native to Mexico and Central America.[2] It is named after German botanist Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer (1803–1868).
Species
[edit]17 species are accepted.[2]
- Wimmeria acuminata L. O. Williams
- Wimmeria bartlettii Lundell
- Wimmeria chiapensis Lundell
- Wimmeria concolor Cham. & Schltdl.
- Wimmeria confusa Hemsl.
- Wimmeria cyclocarpa Radlk. ex Donn. Sm.
- Wimmeria excoriata J.E.Jiménez & Barrie
- Wimmeria lanceolata Rose
- Wimmeria lundelliana Carnevali, R.Duno, J.L.Tapia & I.Ramírez
- Wimmeria mexicana (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Lundell (synonym Celastrus mexicanus)
- Wimmeria microphylla Radlk.
- Wimmeria montana Lundell
- Wimmeria obtusifolia Standl.
- Wimmeria persicifolia Radlk.
- Wimmeria pubescens Radlk.
- Wimmeria serrulata Radlk.
- Wimmeria sternii Lundell
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Shreve & Wiggins, p. 849
- 1 2 "Wimmeria Schltdl. & Cham". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
- Miroslav M. Grandtner, ed. (2005). "Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: Volume 1: North America". Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: Volume 1 - North America. ISBN 0-444-51784-7.
- Shreve, Forrest; Ira Loren Wiggins (1964). Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-0163-6.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - "A synopsis of the species of Wimmeria". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 1901. pp. 129–130.
External links
[edit]- Celastrus mexicanus Holotype (Fragment)
- Hooker, William J. (1841). Icones Plantarum. Vol. IV. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans. pp. 353–.
- Neotropical Herbarium Specimens
- Radlkofer, Ludwig A. T. (1878). "Über Sapindus und damit in Zusammenhang stehende Pflanzen". Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-physikalischen Classe der Königlich-Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München (in German). 8: 221–408.
- Type Collections at MICH[dead link]
- "Wimmeria nov. gen". Linnaea (in Latin). 6: 427–428. 1831.
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