Gaudichaudia (plant)
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| Pierre Jean François Turpin's (1775–1840) illustration of Gaudichaudia cynanchoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Malpighiaceae |
| Genus: | Gaudichaudia Kunth |
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Gaudichaudia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malpighiaceae.[1]
The type species is Gaudichaudia cynanchoides Kunth.[2]
It is found as a native in the countries of Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Venezuela.[1]
The genus name of Gaudichaudia is in honour of Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (1789–1854), a French botanist.[3] It was first described and published in (F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth edited), Nov. Gen. Sp. Vol.5 on page 156 in 1822.[1]
Description[edit]
Mostly scandent (vine-like) or trailing shrubs, with opposite leaves which are entire (have a smooth edge) and are petiolate (have a leaf stalk). The calyx (sepals of a flower) has 8 or 10 glands. The petals are yellow and dentate (edges are teethed) and the fruit (or seed capsule) has 3 samaras (A dry, indehiscent fruit with its wall expanded into a wing).[4]
Known species[edit]
According to Kew;[1]
- Gaudichaudia albida Schltdl. & Cham.
- Gaudichaudia andersonii S.L.Jessup
- Gaudichaudia chasei W.R.Anderson
- Gaudichaudia congestiflora A.Juss.
- Gaudichaudia cycloptera (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) W.R.Anderson
- Gaudichaudia cynanchoides Kunth
- Gaudichaudia diandra (Nied.) Chodat
- Gaudichaudia galeottiana (Nied.) Chodat
- Gaudichaudia hexandra (Nied.) Chodat
- Gaudichaudia implexa S.L.Jessup
- Gaudichaudia intermixteca S.L.Jessup
- Gaudichaudia karwinskiana A.Juss.
- Gaudichaudia krusei W.R.Anderson
- Gaudichaudia mcvaughii W.R.Anderson
- Gaudichaudia mollis Benth.
- Gaudichaudia palmeri S.Watson
- Gaudichaudia subverticillata Rose
- Gaudichaudia symplecta S.L.Jessup
- Gaudichaudia synoptera S.L.Jessup
- Gaudichaudia zygoptera S.L.Jessup
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Gaudichaudia Kunth | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ Bonpland, Aimé; Humboldt, Alexander von; Kunth, Karl Sigismund (1821). "Nova genera et species plantarum :quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt /descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt ; ex schedis autographis Amati Bonplandi in ordinem digessit Carol. Sigismund. Kunth ..." Ex officina Christophori Plantini ... Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Paul Carpenter Standley Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, Vol. 23, Trees and Shrubs of Mexico (1920) , p. 570, at Google Books
External links[edit]
- [1] Images of Gaudichaudia albida Schltdl. & Cham.