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Ruehssia

Ruehssia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae.[1] It is also in the Asclepiadoideae subfamily and Marsdenieae tribe.[2][3]

Ruehssia
Ruehssia woodburyana, Puerto Rico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Marsdenieae
Genus: Ruehssia
H.Karst.
Synonyms
  • Baxtera Rchb.
  • Ecliptostelma Brandegee
  • Elcomarhiza Barb.Rodr.
  • Harrisonia Hook.
  • Loniceroides Bullock
  • Pseudomarsdenia Baill.
  • Sphinctostoma Benth.
  • Verlotia E.Fourn.

Its native range is tropical and subtropical South America. It is found in Argentina (north-eastern and north-western), Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (north, north-eastern, south, south-eastern and west-central), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Mexico (north-eastern, south-eastern and south-western), Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and the Windward Islands.[1]

The genus name of Ruehssia is in honour of Carl Andreas Rühsz (1805–1880), the German consul in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. He was a supporter of art and science.[4] It was first described and published in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten Vol.19 on page 304 in 1849.[1]

Species

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As of November 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Ruehssia H.Karst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  2. ^ LIEDE-SCHUMANN, SIGRID; KELLER, HÉCTOR A. (17 November 2020). "New combinations in Ruehssia for the South American species of Marsdenia (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae)". Phytotaxa. 471 (3): 283–289. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.471.3.10. S2CID 228862969.
  3. ^ Espírito Santo, Fabio da Silva do; Rapini, Alessandro; Ribeiro, Patrícia Luz; Liede-Schumann, Sigrid; Goyder, David J.; Fontella-Pereira, Jorge (2019). "Phylogeny of the tribe Marsdenieae (Apocynaceae), reinstatement of Ruehssia and the taxonomic treatment of the genus in Brazil". Kew Bulletin. 74 (30). Bibcode:2019KewBu..74...30E. doi:10.1007/s12225-019-9807-4. S2CID 255559218.
  4. ^ 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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