Biology:Fuertesia

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Short description: Genus of Loasaceae plants

Fuertesia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Cornales
Family: Loasaceae
Genus: Fuertesia
Urb.[2]
Species:
F. domingensis
Binomial name
Fuertesia domingensis
Urb.[1]

Fuertesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loasaceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Fuertesia domingensis, native to Hispaniola.[3] It is a woody climbing liana.[4]

References

  1. Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 28: 522 (1911)
  2. Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 28: 520 (1911)
  3. "Fuertesia Urb.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295874-2. 
  4. Weigend, M. (2004). "Loasaceae". Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons. pp. 239–254. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-07257-8_27. ISBN 978-3-642-05714-4. 

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