Strumpfia

Strumpfia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Strumpfia maritima, which is found from southern Florida to northern Venezuela.[1] Strumpfia maritima is also the only species in the tribe Strumpfieae. It is an evergreen shrub of coastal areas that rarely exceeds 1 m (3.3 ft) in height.[2] Pride of Big Pine is a common name.[3] Strumpfia was named by Nicolaus Jacquin in 1760 in his compilation entitled Enumeratio Systematis Plantarum.[4][5] It was named for Christopher Strumpf, professor of chemistry and botany at Hall, in Magdeburg, and editor of Carl Linnaeus's Genera Plantarum.[6]

Strumpfia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Strumpfieae
Genus: Strumpfia
Jacq.
Species:
S. maritima
Binomial name
Strumpfia maritima
Synonyms

References

  1. "Strumpfia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. John K. Francis (editor). undated. Wildland Shrubs of the United States and its Territories: Thamnic Descriptions. General Technical Report IITF-WB-1. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service; International Institute of Tropical Forestry and Shrub Sciences Laboratory.
  3. "Strumpfia maritima". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  4. Strumpfia in International Plant Names Index.
  5. Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit nouas, aut iam cognitas emandauit pages 8 and 28.
  6. George Don, Jr. 1834. A general system of gardening and botany. Founded upon Miller's Gardener's dictionary, and arranged according to the natural system. volume III (Calyciflorae): page 560.
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