Hasseltiopsis

Hasseltiopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Subfamily: Salicoideae
Tribe: Prockieae
Genus: Hasseltiopsis
Sleumer
Species:
H. dioica
Binomial name
Hasseltiopsis dioica
(Benth.) Sleumer
Synonyms
  • Banara costaricensis (Standl.) Sleumer
  • Banara dioica Benth.
  • Hasseltia costaricensis Standl.
  • Hasseltia dioica (Benth.) Sleumer

Hasseltiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It includes a single species, Hasseltiopsis dioica, a tree native to southern Mexico and Costa Rica. Formerly placed in the heterogeneous family Flacourtiaceae, Hasseltiopsis is now classified in Salicaceae, along with close relatives Prockia, Pineda, Neosprucea, and Banara.

References

  1. 1 2 "Hasseltiopsis dioica (Benth.) Sleumer". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  2. ↑ Sleumer, H.O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Flora Neotropica 22: 1-499.
  3. ↑ Chase, Mark W.; S. Zmarzty; M.D. Lledó; K.J. Wurdack; S.M. Swensen; M.F. Fay (2002). "When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences". Kew Bulletin. 57 (1): 141–181. Bibcode:2002KewBu..57..141C. doi:10.2307/4110825. JSTOR 4110825.
  4. ↑ Alford, M.H. 2008. Revision of Neosprucea (Salicaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 85: 1-62.