Empleuridium

Empleuridium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae, with a single species Empleuridium juniperinum. Its native range is the Cape Provinces region.[2]

Empleuridium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Empleuridium
Sond.[1]
Species:
E. juniperinum
Binomial name
Empleuridium juniperinum
Sond. & Harv.[2]

Taxonomy

The genus and species were first named and the species described in Thesaurus Capensis published in 1859. This contained illustrations and brief descriptions of South African plants.[3] A more systematic treatment of the genus and species appeared in Flora Capensis, the relevant part of which is dated to 1860. The author of the genus is given as Otto Wilhelm Sonder and the authors of the species as Sonder and William H. Harvey.[4] The genus was originally tentatively assigned to the family Rutaceae, but a comprehensive study in 1985 showed that it belonged to the Celastraceae.[1]

References
  1. Goldblatt, Peter; Tobe, Hiroshi; Carlquist, Sherwin & Patel, Varsha C. (1985), "Familial Position of the Cape Genus Empleuridium", Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 72 (2): 167–183, JSTOR 2399174
  2. "Empleuridium Sond. & Harv. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  3. Harvey, William H. (1859). "Empleuridium juniperinum". Thesaurus Capensis. Vol. 1. Dublin: Hodges, Smith & Co. pp. 49–50. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  4. Harvey, William H. & Sonder, Otto Wilhelm (1860). "Empleuridium". Flora Capensis. Vol. 1. Dublin: Hodges, Smith & Co. p. 442. Retrieved 2021-09-19.


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