Kirkia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Kirkiaceae |
| Genus: | Kirkia Oliv., 1868 |
Kirkia is a genus of plant in family Kirkiaceae. It was previously placed in family Simaroubaceae, but was transferred into Kirkiaceae, together with Pleiokirkia, because these genera produce neither quassinoids nor limonoids.
Species
It contains the following species (6[1]), but this list may be incomplete):
- Kirkia acuminata Oliv., 1868,[2] South Africa (Transvaal), Namibia, Botswana, SW-Angola, SE-D.R. Congo (Zaire), Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique [3]
- Kirkia burgeri B. Stannard [2] Ethiopia; Somalia[4]
- Kirkia dewinteri Merxm. & Heine, 1960 [2] Namibia [5]
- Kirkia leandrii (Capuron) Stannard, 2007 [2] Madagascar;[6] syn.: Pleiokirkia leandrii Capuron, 1961 [7][8]
- Kirkia tenuifolia Engl., 1902 [2] SE-Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya [9]
- Kirkia wilmsii Engl.,[2] South Africa (Transvaal) [10]
Journal
'Kirkia' is also the name of 'The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany', published by the National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe. Since 1960 to the present day and written in English.[11][12]
References
- ^ The Flowering Plants Handbook
- ^ a b c d e f [1] Catalogue of Life: 2017 Annual Checklist Genus Kirkia
- ^ Catalogue of Life: 2017 Annual Checklist Kirkia acuminata
- ^ IUCN Red List Kirkia burgeri
- ^ IUCN Red List Kirkia dewinteri
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ Tropicos Pleiokirkia leandrii
- ^ GBIF
- ^ Catalogue of Life: 2017 Annual Checklist Kirkia tenuifolia
- ^ Catalogue of Life: 2017 Annual Checklist Kirkia wilmsii
- ^ "Kirkia; The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany. Harare, Zimbabwe | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Kirkia : journal of the Federal Herbarium, Salisbury, Rhodesia and Nyasaland". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
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