Vauquelinia
| Vauquelinia | |
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| Vauquelinia californica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Tribe: | Maleae |
| Genus: | Vauquelinia Corrêa ex Humb. Bonpl.[1] |
| Species | |
Vauquelinia, commonly known as the rosewoods, is a genus of the rose family, Rosaceae. It consists of four species of shrubs found in the southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico.[1] The genus was named for French chemist Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763-1829). The nectar provided by these plants is commonly fed on by wasps such as Polistes instabilis.
V. californica is of some interest as an ornamental.
Taxonomy
[edit]Vauquelinia, along with Lindleya and Kageneckia were formerly placed in family Quillajaceae, and have dry dehiscent fruit.[2] Unlike the pome-fruited members of tribe Maleae within the Rosaceae, which share a base chromosome number of 17 with Lindleya and Kageneckia, Vauquelinia has a base chromosome number of 15.[3]
Species
[edit]As of June 2021[update], four species and some subspecies were recognized:[1][4][5][6]
- Vauquelinia angustifolia Rydb.
- Vauquelinia australis Standl.
- Vauquelinia californica (Torr.) Sarg. — Arizona rosewood
- Vauquelinia californica ssp. californica
- Vauquelinia californica ssp. pauciflora (Standl.) Hess & Henrickson
- Vauquelinia corymbosa Humb. & Bonpl. — slimleaf rosewood
- Vauquelinia corymbosa ssp. angustifolia (Rydb.) Hess & Henrickson
- Vauquelinia corymbosa ssp. corymbosa
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Vauquelinia Corrêa ex Humb. & Bonpl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ Evans, R.C.; Campbell, C.S. (2002). "The origin of the apple subfamily (Rosaceae: Maloideae) is clarified by DNA sequence data from duplicated GBSSI Genes" (PDF). American Journal of Botany. 89 (9): 1478–1484. doi:10.3732/ajb.89.9.1478. PMID 21665749.
- ^ Campbell, C.S.; Evans, R.C.; Morgan, D.R.; Dickinson, T.A.; Arsenault, M.P. (2007). "Phylogeny of subtribe Pyrinae (formerly the Maloideae, Rosaceae): Limited resolution of a complex evolutionary history" (PDF). Plant Systematics and Evolution. 266 (1–2): 119–145. Bibcode:2007PSyEv.266..119C. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.453.8954. doi:10.1007/s00606-007-0545-y.
- ^ "Vauquelinia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Vauquelinia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ^ "Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Vauquelinia Corrêa ex Bonpl". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
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