Sargentodoxa

Sargentodoxa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lardizabalaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Sargentodoxa cuneata (Oliv.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson [1]

Sargentodoxa
Sargentodoxa cuneata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Lardizabalaceae
Genus: Sargentodoxa
Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Synonyms
  • Holboellia cuneata Oliv.
  • Sargentodoxa simplicifolia S.Z.Qu & C.L.Min

Its native range is China (north-Central, south-Central and southeast) to Indo-China. It is also found in Hainan, Laos and Vietnam.[1]

The genus name of Sargentodoxa is in honour of Charles Sprague Sargent (1841–1927), an American botanist. He was appointed in 1872 as the first director of Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts.[2] The Latin specific epithet of cuneata is derived from cuneate meaning wedge-shaped.[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. Vol.1 on page 351 in 1913.[1]

  • Dried stem of Sargentodoxa used in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine)
    Dried stem of Sargentodoxa used in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine)

References
  1. "Sargentodoxa Rehder & E.H.Wilson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.


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