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Guettarda
Guettarda speciosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Guettardeae
Genus: Guettarda
L. (1753)
Type species
Guettarda speciosa
L.
Species[1]

145; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Cadamba Sonn. (1782)
  • Dicrobotryum Willd. ex Schult. (1819)
  • Donkelaaria Lem. (1855)
  • Edechia Loefl. (1758)
  • Halesia P.Browne (1756)
  • Laugieria Jacq. (1760)
  • Matthiola Plum. ex L. (1753), nom. rej.
  • Sardinia Vell. (1829)
  • Viviania Raf. (1814)

Guettarda is a plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Most of these plants are known by the common name velvetseed.

Distribution

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Most of the species are Neotropical.[2] Twenty are found in New Caledonia and one reaches Australia.[3] A few others are found on islands and in coastal areas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is a tree of coastal habitats, up to 18 m (59 ft) in height.

Taxonomy

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Three species (G. odorata, G. scabra, G. speciosa) are known in cultivation.[4] Guettarda argentea provides edible fruit.[2] The type species for the genus is Guettarda speciosa.[5]

Guettarda was named by Linnaeus in 1753 in his book Species Plantarum.[6][7] This generic name is in honour of the 18th century French naturalist Jean-Étienne Guettard.[8]

The genus Guettarda is much in need of revision. Molecular phylogenetic studies have found it to be several times polyphyletic with some of its clades paraphyletic over small genera.[9]

Species

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Plants of the World Online currently accepts 145 species, which are listed below.[1] Other estimates of the number of species range from about 50[4] to 162.[10]

Formerly placed here

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 Guettarda L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 David J. Mabberley. 2008. Mabberley's Plant-Book third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4
  3. W. Rodger Elliot; David L. Jones; Trevor L. Blake (1990). Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation: Vol. 5. Port Melbourne: Lothian Press. p. 162. ISBN 0-85091-285-7.
  4. 1 2 Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. The Macmillan Press Limited, London; The Stockton Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-333-47494-5 (set)
  5. Guettarda In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).
  6. Guettarda in International Plant Names Index. (see External links below).
  7. Carl Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (Species plantarum : exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas / Caroli Linnæe.): 2:991. Holmiae: Impensis Laurentii Salvii: Stockholm, Sweden. (see External links below).
  8. Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names volume II. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington, DC; USA. London, UK. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9. (vol. II).
  9. Ulrika Manns and Birgitta Bremer. 2010. "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(1):21-39. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002
  10. Guettarda At: World Checklist of Rubiaceae At: Kew Gardens Website. (see External links below).
  11. Timyan, J. (2021). "Guettarda angustata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T121947222A121986360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T121947222A121986360.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  12. Timyan, J. (2021). "Guettarda cahosiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T121947309A121986375. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T121947309A121986375.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  13. Gonzalez-Oliva, L. (2020). "Guettarda retusa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T38848A149816916. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T38848A149816916.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  14. Timyan, J. (2021). "Guettarda tortuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in French). 2021 e.T121947426A121986450. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T121947426A121986450.fr. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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