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Harrisonia

Harrisonia is a small genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Cneoroideae of the Rutaceae. Older taxonomic treatments have placed this genus in the Simaroubaceae.

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Harrisonia
Harrisonia abyssinica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Cneoroideae
Genus: Harrisonia
R.Br. ex A.Juss.1
Synonyms2
  • Ebelingia Rchb.
  • Lasiolepis Benn.

Harrisonia is a small genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Cneoroideae of the Rutaceae (citrus family).34 Older taxonomic treatments have placed this genus in the Simaroubaceae.2

Species

Plants of the World Online currently includes:2

  1. Harrisonia abyssinica Oliv. - Africa
  2. Harrisonia brownii A.Juss. - type species5 with a discontinuous range from the Andaman Islands to Malesia and New Guinea2
  3. Harrisonia perforata (Blanco) Merr. - China and Indochina
References

References

  1. Brown R (1825) Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 517.
  2. "Harrisonia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. Appelhans, Marc S.; Bayly, Michael J.; Heslewood, Margaret M.; Groppo, Milton; Verboom, G. Anthony; Forster, Paul I.; Kallunki, Jacquelyn A. & Duretto, Marco F. (2021), "A new subfamily classification of the Citrus family (Rutaceae) based on six nuclear and plastid markers", Taxon, 70 (5): 1035–1061, doi:10.1002/tax.12543, hdl:11343/288824
  4. NCBI: Cneoroideae
  5. Tropicos: Harrisonia R. Br. ex A. Juss.