Oxossia albicans

Oxossia albicans is a subshrub in the genus Oxossia (Passifloraceae subfamily Turneroideae).[1] It is native to the wet tropics of eastern Brazil. [1][2]

Oxossia albicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Oxossia
Species:
O. albicans
Binomial name
Oxossia albicans
(Urb.) L.Rocha
Synonyms
  • Turnera albicans Urb.

Previously, O. albicans was classified as Turnera, however, recent phylogenetic analyses justified its classification as Oxossia.[3]

References

  1. "Oxossia albicans (Urb.) L.Rocha | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  2. "Turnera albicans Urb". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  3. Rocha, Lamarck; Ribeiro, Patrícia Luz; Endress, Peter K.; Rapini, Alessandro (2019). "A brainstorm on the systematics of Turnera (Turneraceae, Malpighiales) caused by insights from molecular phylogenetics and morphological evolution". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 137: 44–63. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.015. PMID 30999036. S2CID 121658801.
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