Goetzea

Goetzea
Goetzea elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Goetzeoideae
Genus: Goetzea
Wydler

Goetzea is a genus of plant in the family Solanaceae. It was originally placed by H. Wydler in the family Ebenaceae and named for his teacher the Rev. Johann August Ephraim Goetze. It was for about half a century included in the now defunct family Goetzeaceae Miers ex Airy Shaw.

Note

Not to be confused with Goetzea, Rchb., a genus belonging to the Fabaceae (the bean family).

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References

  1. ↑ Linnaea 5: 423, t. 8. 1830
  2. ↑ Brummitt, R.K. (1964). "A New Genus of the Tribe Sophoreae (Leguminosae) from Western Africa and Borneo". Kew Bull. 18 (3): 375–386. doi:10.2307/4108328. JSTOR 4108328.