Auerodendron
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Auerodendron is a genus of the family of the cross thorn plants (Rhamnaceae). The representatives of the genus are native to the Caribbean and southern Florida . The generic name honors Carl Freiherr Auer von Welsbach (1858–1929), an Austrian chemist and entrepreneur who discovered the chemical elements neodymium , praseodymium , ytterbium and lutetium .
description
All species of the genus are unreinforced shrubs that usually reach 2 to 10 meters in height. The leaves are stalked and simple and are opposite . The small five-fold flowers are solitary or in paniculate inflorescences . They usually form red or black drupes ; this indicates bird spread .
distribution
Most species in the genus auerodendron are endemic to Cuba , but others are found in the Bahamas , Jamaica , Puerto Rico, and southern Florida .
Systematics
The genus Auerodendron was established in 1924 by Ignaz Urban in Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis , 9, p. 221. Type species is Auerodendron cubense (Britton & N.Wilson) Urb.
The genus Auerodendron belongs to the tribe Rhamneae in the family Rhamnaceae and is closely related to the genera Rhamnidium , Karwinskia and Reynosia . The genus Auerodendron includes about ten species:
- Auerodendron acuminatum (Griseb.) Urb.
- Auerodendron acunae Borhidi & O.Muñiz
- Auerodendron cubense (Britton & N.Wilson) Urb.
- Auerodendron glaucescens Urb.
- Auerodendron jamaicense (Urb.) Urb.
- Auerodendron martii Alain
- Auerodendron northropianum Urb.
- Auerodendron pauciflorum Alain
- Auerodendron reticulatum (Griseb.) Urb.
- Auerodendron truncatum Urb.
literature
- T. Block: Comparative anatomy and morphology of Auerodendron Urb. (Rhamnaceae) . Dissertation Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 1996.
- M. Schmidt: Revision of the genus Auerodendron Urb. (Rhamnaceae) . Diploma thesis University of Hamburg 2000, 67 pp.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2016. ISBN 978-3-946292-10-4 . doi : 10.3372 / epolist2016 .
- ↑ First description scanned at biodiversitylibrary.org
- ↑ Auerodendron in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.