Fritzschia

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Fritzschia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Fritzschia
Cham.[1][2]
Species

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Fritzschia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil.[3] They are sprawling or erect shrubs, with their branchlets and their hypanthia coated with either glandular or villose trichomes.[4]

Species[edit]

Species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of June 2020 were:[1]

Other species in Fritzschia may include:[5][4][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Fritzschia Cham". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  2. ^ Linnaea 9(3): 397 (1834)
  3. ^ Michelangeli, Fabián A.; Guimaraes, Paulo J. F.; Penneys, Darin S.; Almeda, Frank; Kriebel, Ricardo (2013). "Phylogenetic relationships and distribution of New World Melastomeae (Melastomataceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 171: 38–60. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01295.x.
  4. ^ a b Pacifico, Ricardo; Almeda, Frank; Nunes Da Silva, Diego (2018). "Fritzschia rupestris (Melastomataceae: Marcetieae): A New Endangered Species from the Cadeia do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais, Brazil". Systematic Botany. 43 (3): 793–800. doi:10.1600/036364418X697508. S2CID 92592909. Key to the Species
  5. ^ Romero, Rosana; Nunes Da Silva, Diego; De-Paula, Orlando Cavalari; Reis Da Rocha, Maria José (2019). "A New Endangered Species of Fritzschia Cham. (Melastomataceae, Marcetieae) from Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, Brazil". Systematic Botany. 44 (3): 664–669. doi:10.1600/036364419X15620113920707. S2CID 199571372.
  6. ^ GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. "Fritzschia Cham". gbif.org. GBIF Secretariat. Retrieved 22 June 2020.