Kirkia

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Kirkia
Kirkia acuminata00.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Kirkiaceae
Genus: Kirkia
Oliv., 1868

Kirkia is a genus of plant in family Kirkiaceae. It was previously placed in family Simaroubaceae, but was transferred into Kirkiaceae, together with , because these genera produce neither quassinoids nor limonoids.

Species[]

It contains the following species (6[1]), but this list may be incomplete):

  • Oliv., 1868,[2] South Africa (Transvaal), Namibia, Botswana, SW-Angola, SE-D.R. Congo (Zaire), Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique [3]
  • B. Stannard [2] Ethiopia; Somalia[4]
  • Kirkia dewinteri Merxm. & Heine, 1960 [2] Namibia [5]
  • (Capuron) Stannard, 2007 [2] Madagascar;[6] syn.: Pleiokirkia leandrii Capuron, 1961 [7][8]
  • Engl., 1902 [2] SE-Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya [9]
  • Engl.,[2] South Africa (Transvaal) [10]

Journal[]

'Kirkia' is also the name of 'The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany', published by the National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe. Since 1960 to the present day and written in English.[11][12]

References[]

  1. ^ The Flowering Plants Handbook
  2. ^ a b c d e f [1] Catalogue of Life: 2017 Annual Checklist Genus Kirkia
  3. ^ Catalogue of Life: 2017 Annual Checklist Kirkia acuminata
  4. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Kirkia burgeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T62994A12600996. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T62994A12600996.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. ^ Craven, P. (2004). "Kirkia dewinteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T34946A9900068. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T34946A9900068.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  6. ^ Tropicos
  7. ^ Tropicos Pleiokirkia leandrii
  8. ^ GBIF
  9. ^ Catalogue of Life: 2017 Annual Checklist Kirkia tenuifolia
  10. ^ Catalogue of Life: 2017 Annual Checklist Kirkia wilmsii
  11. ^ "Kirkia; The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany. Harare, Zimbabwe | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Kirkia : journal of the Federal Herbarium, Salisbury, Rhodesia and Nyasaland". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 22 May 2020.


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