Swinglea

Swinglea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae.[2] It only contains a single species, Swinglea glutinosa.[2]

Swinglea
In Flamingo Tropical Garden in Davie, Florida, US
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Aurantioideae
Genus: Swinglea
Merr.
Species:
S. glutinosa
Binomial name
Swinglea glutinosa
(Blanco) Merr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Aegle glutinosa (Blanco) Merr.
  • Belou glutinosa (Blanco) Skeels
  • Chaetospermum glutinosum (Blanco) Swingle
  • Limonia glutinosa Blanco

It is native to the Philippines.[2]

The genus name of Swinglea is in honour of Walter Tennyson Swingle (1871–1952), an American agricultural botanist who contributed greatly to the classification and taxonomy of citrus.[3] The genus has one known synonym of Chaetospermum (M.Roem.) Swingle.[2] The Latin specific epithet of glutinosa is derived from gluten meaning glue.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in J. Arnold Arbor. Vol.8 on page 131 in 1927.[2][1]

References
  1. "Swinglea glutinosa (Blanco) Merr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. "Swinglea Merr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.
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