Biology:Rousselia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Rousselia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Tribe: Boehmerieae
Genus: Rousselia
Gaudich.
Synonyms
  • Lithocnide Raf.
  • Raf. Lithocnides

Rousselia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Urticaceae.[1]

Its native range is south-eastern Mexico to Colombia and the Caribbean. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and the Windward Islands.[1]

It was first described and published in Voy. Uranie on page 503 in 1830.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Rousselia cubensis Grudz.
  • Rousselia erratica Standl. & Steyerm.
  • Rousselia humilis (Sw.) Urb.
  • Rousselia impariflora Grudz.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q9070928 entry