Esenbeckia (plant)

Esenbeckia
Esenbeckia pumila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Zanthoxyloideae
Genus: Esenbeckia
Kunth[1]
Type species
Esenbeckia pilocarpoides
Kunth[2]
Species

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Esenbeckia is a genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae.[1] All species in the genus are native to the Americas, with the highest diversity in South America.[3] They are commonly known as jopoy,[4] the Mayan word for E. berlandieri,[5][6] or gasparillo (Spanish).[4]

  1. ^ a b "Esenbeckia Kunth". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2008-03-20. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  2. ^ "Esenbeckia Kunth". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  3. ^ Everett, Thomas H. (1981). The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture. Vol. 4. Courier Corporation. p. 1268. ISBN 978-0-8240-7234-6.
  4. ^ a b Grandtner, Miroslav M. (2005). Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: With Names in Latin, English, French, Spanish and Other Languages. Vol. 1. Elsevier. pp. 335–336. ISBN 978-0-444-51784-5.
  5. ^ Nokes, Jill (2001). How to Grow Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest (2 ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 261. ISBN 978-0-292-75573-4.
  6. ^ Jopoy is also the word for Ficus spp. in Teenek (Wastek language), see Alcorn, Janis B. (1984). Huastec Mayan Ethnobotany. University of Texas Press. p. 653. ISBN 978-0-292-71543-1.