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Gamblea

Gamblea is a genus of plants of the family Araliaceae, comprising four species. It originally comprised a single species, Gamblea ciliata, which is found in India.

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Gamblea
Gamblea innovans
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Subfamily: Aralioideae
Genus: Gamblea
C.B.Clarke
Synonyms

Gamblea is a genus of plants of the family Araliaceae, comprising four species.1 It originally comprised a single species, Gamblea ciliata, which is found in India.

The genus's native range stretches from the Himalaya to Japan and Sumatera. It is found in Assam (part of India), China, East Himalaya, Japan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Tibet and Vietnam.1

The genus name of Gamblea is in honour of James Sykes Gamble (1847–1925), an English botanist who specialized in the flora of the Indian sub-continent.2 and it was first described and published in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India Vol.2 on page 739 in 1879.1

Known species

According to Kew;1

  • Gamblea ciliata C.B.Clarke
  • Gamblea innovans (Siebold & Zucc.) C.B.Shang, Lowry & Frodin
  • Gamblea malayana (M.R.Hend.) C.B.Shang, Lowry & Frodin
  • Gamblea pseudoevodiaefolia (K.M.Feng) C.B.Shang, Lowry & Frodin
References

References

  1. "Gamblea C.B.Clarke | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  2. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.