Zuccagnia

Zuccagnia
Zuccagnia punctata in Talampaya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Zuccagnia
Cav.[1]
Species[2]

Zuccagnia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Plants grow to about 5m tall, have small leaflets with clearly visible punctate glands, yellow 5-merous flowers, and produce leathery, red-haired dehiscent pods bearing a single seed each.[3]

Thought to be monotypic,[3] the sole species (the type) is Zuccagnia punctata, which is found in treeless, scrubby areas up to 2,700m, and native only to central Argentina and Chile.[3]

The genus was named in honor of Italian botanist Attilio Zuccagni (1754–1807).[3] The specific epithet punctata is Latin, meaning spotty, and refers to the appearance of the leaf surface.[4]

References

  1. Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 5: 2. 1799. "Name - !Zuccagnia Cav.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  2. "Unresolved" means that the legitimate status of this species is not yet accepted, nor rejected, according to The Plant List. "Search for Zuccagnia". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 O. N. Allen & Ethel K. Allen (1981). The Leguminosae, a Source Book of Characteristics, Uses, and Nodulation. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 704. ISBN 0-299-08400-0.
  4. Michael L. Charters, compiler. "California Plant Names: Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations". Sierra Madre, CA.
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