Desfontainia

Desfontainia spinosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bruniales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Bruniales

Familia: Columelliaceae
Genus: Desfontainia
Species: D. fulgens – D. spinosa – D. splendens

Name

Desfontainia Ruiz & Pav. (1794)

• Type species: Desfontainia spinosa Ruiz & Pav.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Linkia Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 219 (1805), nom. illeg. hom. vide Linkia Cav., Icon. [Cavanilles] iv. 61. t. 389. (1797) = Persoonia Sm. (Proteaceae)

References

• Ruiz, H. & Pavon, J. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis prodromus, sive Novorum generum plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium descriptiones, et icones. XXII + 154 pp., 37 tt. Sancha, Madrid. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 29, t. 5.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Desfontainia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Feb. 9. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Desfontainia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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