Biology:Styloceras

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Short description: Family of shrubs and trees

Styloceras
Styloceras laurifolium.jpg
Styloceras laurifolium
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Buxales
Family: Buxaceae
Genus: Styloceras
Kunth ex A.Juss.

Styloceras is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Buxaceae.[1][2] It is native to South America.[3]

Taxonomy

The following species are currently recognized:[4]

  • Styloceras brokawii A.H.Gentry & R.B.Foster
  • Styloceras columnare Müll.Arg.
  • Styloceras connatum Torrez & P.Jørg.
  • Styloceras kunthianum A.Juss.
  • Styloceras laurifolium (Willd.) Kunth
  • Styloceras penninervium A.H.Gentry & G.A.Aymard

References

  1. Gentry, Alwyn H.; Foster, Robin (1981). "A New Peruvian Styloceras (Buxaceae): Discovery of a Phytogeographical Missing Link". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 68 (1): 122–124. doi:10.2307/2398815. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/38369. 
  2. Francis, Macbride, J. (1951). "Flora of Peru" (in en). Fieldiana v.13:pt.3A:no.1: 220–221. 
  3. Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013) (in en). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. pp. 632. ISBN 9780123969545. 
  4. "Styloceras — The Plant List" (in en). http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Buxaceae/Styloceras/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q9080171 entry