Dalzellia

Genus of flowering plants

Dalzellia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Podostemaceae
Subfamily: Tristichoideae
Genus: Dalzellia
Wight (1852)
Species[1]

10, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Lawia Griff. ex Tul. (1849), nom. illeg.
  • Mnianthus Walp. (1852)
  • Terniola Tul. (1852), nom. superfl.
  • Tulasnea Wight (1852)

Dalzellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae.[1]

Its native range is India and Sri Lanka, Indo-China (Thailand and Laos), and southeastern China.[1]

Its genus name is in honour of Nicol Alexander Dalzell (1817–1878), a Scottish botanist.[2] It was named in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. Vol.5 on page 34 in 1852.[1]

Species

Ten species are accepted.[1]

  • Dalzellia angustissima M.Kato
  • Dalzellia attapeuensis Koi & M.Kato
  • Dalzellia ceylanica (Gardner) Wight
  • Dalzellia kailarsenii M.Kato
  • Dalzellia microphylla Koi & M.Kato
  • Dalzellia pseudoangustissima Koi & M.Kato
  • Dalzellia ranongensis M.Kato
  • Dalzellia sessilis (H.C.Chao) C.Cusset & G.Cusset
  • Dalzellia sparsa Ampornpan, Werukamkul, M.Kato & Koi
  • Dalzellia ubonensis M.Kato

Formerly placed here

  • Indodalzellia gracilis (C.J.Mathew, Jäger-Zürn & Nileena) Koi & M.Kato (as Dalzellia gracilis C.J.Mathew, Jäger-Zürn & Nileena)[3]
  • Indotristicha ramosissima (Wight) P.Royen (as Dalzellia ramosissima Wight)[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Dalzellia Wight | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ Indodalzellia gracilis (C.J.Mathew, Jäger-Zürn & Nileena) Koi & M.Kato. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Indotristicha ramosissima (Wight) P.Royen | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Dalzellia