Rzedowskia
Rzedowskia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Rzedowskia tolantonguensis Medrano [1]
| Rzedowskia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Rzedowskia Medrano |
It is native to eastern Mexico.[1]
The genus name of Rzedowskia is in honour of Jerzy Rzedowski (b. 1926), a Mexican botanist. His focus is on Mexican floristics, taxonomy, and ecology.[2] The Latin specific epithet of tolantonguensis refers to Tolantongo is a box canyon and resort in Hidalgo (state), where the plant was found.[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bol. Soc. Bot. México Vol.41 on page 41 in 1981.[1]
In 1997, Sesquiterpenes were extracted from Rzedowskia tolantonguensis.[4]
References
- "Rzedowskia Medrano | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- "Isotype of Rzedowskia tolantonguensis Medrano [family CELASTRACEAE] on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- Gonzalez, A. G.; Bazzocchi, I. L.; Ravelo, A. G.; Jimenez, I. A. (1997). "Sesquiterpenes from Rzedowskia tolantonguensis (pages=309-311". Phytochemistry. Phytochemistry. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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