Nuxia

Nuxia is a genus of plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus in 1791.[2][3][4] It was formerly placed in the Loganiaceae and Buddlejaceae families.[5]

Nuxia
Nuxia floribunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Stilbaceae
Genus: Nuxia
Comm. ex Lam.
Type species
Nuxia verticillata
Synonyms[1]
  • Lachnopylis Hochst.

Nuxia is native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean.[1]

Species[1]
  1. Nuxia allorgeorum Jovet - Madagascar
  2. Nuxia ambrensis Jovet - Madagascar
  3. Nuxia capitata Baker - Madagascar
  4. Nuxia congesta R.Br. ex Fresen. - Saudi Arabia, much of sub-Saharan Africa
  5. Nuxia coriacea Soler. - Madagascar
  6. Nuxia floribunda Benth. - E + S Africa from Uganda to Cape Prov
  7. Nuxia glomerulata (C.A.Sm.) Verd. - Limpopo
  8. Nuxia gracilis Engl. - Limpopo, Cape Prov
  9. Nuxia involucrata Aug.DC. - Madagascar
  10. Nuxia isaloensis Jovet - Madagascar
  11. Nuxia oppositifolia (Hochst.) Benth. - Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Madagascar, E + C + S Africa from Eritrea to KwaZulu-Natal
  12. Nuxia pachyphylla Baker - Madagascar
  13. Nuxia pseudodentata Gilg - Comoros
  14. Nuxia sphaerocephala Baker - Madagascar
  15. Nuxia verticillata Lam. - Mauritius, Réunion

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de. 1791. Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique Botanique 1:295-296. description in Latin
  3. Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de. 1791. Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique Botanique plate 71. line drawing as illustration (at lower left)
  4. Tropicos, Nuxia Comm. ex Lam.
  5. Burring, Jan-Hakon (August 2004). "Nuxia floribunda Benth". PlantZAfrica. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, SANBI. Retrieved 1 July 2015.


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