Nuxia

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Nuxia
Nuxia floribunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Stilbaceae
Genus:
Nuxia

Type species
Nuxia verticillata
Synonyms[1]

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

Species[1]
2

References

  1. ^ a b c 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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