Nuxia
| Nuxia | |
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| Nuxia floribunda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Stilbaceae |
| Genus: | Nuxia Comm. ex Lam. |
| Type species | |
| Nuxia verticillata | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nuxia is a genus of plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus in 1791.[2][3][4] It was formerly placed in the Loganiaceae and Buddlejaceae families.[5]
Nuxia is native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean.[1]
Species[]
- Jovet - Madagascar
- Jovet - Madagascar
- Baker - Madagascar
- Nuxia congesta R.Br. ex Fresen. - Saudi Arabia, much of sub-Saharan Africa
- Soler. - Madagascar
- Nuxia floribunda Benth. - E + S Africa from Uganda to Cape Prov
- Nuxia glomerulata (C.A.Sm.) Verd. - Limpopo
- Engl. - Limpopo, Cape Prov
- Aug.DC. - Madagascar
- Jovet - Madagascar
- (Hochst.) Benth. - Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Madagascar, E + C + S Africa from Eritrea to KwaZulu-Natal
- Baker - Madagascar
- Gilg - Comoros
- Baker - Madagascar
- Nuxia verticillata Lam. - Mauritius, Réunion
References[]
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de. 1791. Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique Botanique 1:295-296. description in Latin
- ^ Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de. 1791. Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique Botanique plate 71. line drawing as illustration (at lower left)
- ^ Tropicos, Nuxia Comm. ex Lam.
- ^ Burring, Jan-Hakon (August 2004). "Nuxia floribunda Benth". PlantZAfrica. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, SANBI. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
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