Ehretia
| Ehretia | |
|---|---|
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| Ehretia acuminata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ehretioideae |
| Genus: | Ehretia P.Browne |
| Type species | |
| Ehretia tinifolia L. | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
Ehretia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species.[2] The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770).[3]
Selected species
- Ehretia acuminata R.Br. – Koda (East Asia, New Guinea, eastern Australia)
- Ehretia alba Retief & A.E.van Wyk
- Ehretia amoena Klotzsch
- Ehretia anacua (Terán & Berland.) I.M.Johnst. – Anacua (Texas in the United States, Mexico)
- Ehretia angolensis Baker
- Ehretia bakeri Britten
- Ehretia cortesia Gottschling
- Ehretia capensis Meisn. ex C.Krauss
- Ehretia coerulea Gürke
- Ehretia cymosa Thonn.
- Ehretia dicksonii Hance
- Ehretia glandulosissima Verdc.
- Ehretia janjalle Verdc.
- Ehretia kaessneri Vaupel
- Ehretia laevis Roxb.
- Ehretia microcalyx Vaupel
- Ehretia namibiensis Retief & A.E.van Wyk
- Ehretia obtusifolia Hochst. ex A.DC.
- Ehretia rigida (Thunb.) Druce – Deurmekaarbos (Southeastern Africa)
- Ehretia rosea Gürke
- Ehretia saligna
- Ehretia scrobiculata Hiern
- Ehretia tinifolia L.
- Ehretia trachyphylla C.H.Wright
- Ehretia uhehensis Gürke
- Ehretia violacea Kunth
Formerly placed here
- Carmona retusa (Vahl) Masam. (as E. microphylla Lam.)[4]
Taxonomy references
- "Index Nominum Genericorum -- Ehretia". International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- UniProt. "Ehretia". Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- "Ehretia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- "Ehretia P.Browne". African flowering plants database. Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
References
- ↑ "Genus: Ehretia P. Browne". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-04-02. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ↑ "2. Ehretia". Flora of China. 16: 333. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ↑ Bennett, Masha (2003). Pulmonarias and the Borage Family. Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-589-0.
- ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Ehretia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
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Data related to Ehretia at Wikispecies- Browne, M.D., Patrick; Ehret, Georg Dionysius (March 1756). "The Broad-leaf'd Cherry tree". The civil and natural history of Jamaica :in three parts. In three dissertations. The whole illustrated with fifty copper-plates : in which the most curious productions are represented of the natural size, and delineated immediately from the objects. London: Gray's Inn: T. Osborne and J. Shipton. p. 168. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
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