Horovitzia
Genus of flowering plants
| Horovitzia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Caricaceae |
| Genus: | Horovitzia V.M.Badillo (1993) |
| Species: | H. cnidoscoloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Horovitzia cnidoscoloides (Lorence & R.Torres) V.M.Badillo (1993) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Carica cnidoscoloides Lorence & R.Torres (1988) | |
Horovitzia cnidoscoloides is a plant species in the family Caricaceae, endemic to the cloud forest of Sierra de Juarez in Oaxaca, Mexico at elevations of 800 to 1600 meters.[1] It is the only species in the genus Horovitzia. The type specimen was collected in Ixtlán de Juárez, Oaxaca on 9 March 1986
Description
Small evergreen dioecious tree 0.5–4 meters tall, with subcapitate stigma, and stinging hairs covering the entire plant. Male flowers have a 3–10 cm long peduncle. Fruits are 6–15 cm long, green when mature, pendulous, ellipsoid with strong ridges. The plant has a chromosome count of 2n = 16.[2]
References
- ^ Carvalho, Fernanda; Renner, Susanne (2013-11-19). "Correct names for some of the closest relatives of Carica papaya: A review of the Mexican/Guatemalan genera Jarilla and Horovitzia". PhytoKeys (29). Pensoft Publishers: 63–74. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.29.6103. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 3881347. PMID 24399895.
- ^ Rockinger, Alexander; Sousa, Aretuza; Carvalho, Fernanda A.; Renner, Susanne S. (2016-05-27). "Chromosome number reduction in the sister clade of Carica papaya with concomitant genome size doubling". American Journal of Botany. 103 (6). Wiley: 1082–1088. doi:10.3732/ajb.1600134. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 27234227.
External links
Data related to Horovitzia cnidoscoloides at Wikispecies
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Extant Caricaceae species
- C. papaya
- C. parviflora
- C. solmsii
- H. cnidoscoloides
- J. chocoensis
- J. corumbensis
- J. digitata
- J. dolichaula
- J. heptaphylla
- J. mexicana
- J. spinosa
- J. chocola
- J. heterophylla
- J. nana
- V. candicans
- V. cauliflora
- V. cestriflora
- V. chilensis
- V. crassipetala
- V. glandulosa
- V. goudotiana
- V. horovitziana
- V. longiflora
- V. microcarpa
- V. monoica
- V. omnilingua
- V. palandensis
- V. parviflora
- V. pubescens
- V. pulchra
- V. quercifolia
- V. sphaerocarpa
- V. sprucei
- V. stipulata
- V. weberbaueri
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