Dussia

Dussia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

Dussia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Amburaneae
Genus: Dussia
Krug & Urb. ex Taub.
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Cashalia Standl.
  • Vexillifera Ducke

The genus name of Dussia is in honour of Antoine Duss (1840–1924), who was a Swiss botanist.[1]

It contains the following species:[2][3]

  • Dussia coriacea Pierce
  • Dussia cuscatlanica (Standl.) Standl. & Steyerm.
  • Dussia discolor (Benth.) Amshoff
  • Dussia foxii Rudd
  • Dussia lehmannii Harms
  • Dussia macroprophyllata (Donn. Sm.) Harms
  • Dussia martinicensis Taub.
  • Dussia mexicana (Standl.) Harms
  • Dussia sanguinea Urb. & Ekman
  • Dussia tessmannii Harms

References

  1. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Dussia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  3. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Dussia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2014.


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