Itea

Itea virginica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Iteaceae
Genus: Itea
Species: I. amoena – I. chinensis – I. coriacea – I. glutinosa – I. ilicifolia – I. indochinensis – I. japonica – I. kiukiangensis – I. kwangsiensis – I. macrophylla – I. maesifolia – I. nutans – I. oldhamii – I. omeiensis – I. parviflora – I. rhamnoides – I. riparia – I. tenuinervia – I. umbellata – I. virginica – I. yangchunensis – I. yunnanensis

Name

Itea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 199. (1753)

• Typus: Itea virginica L., Sp. Pl. 1: 199. (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Choristylis Harv. in London J. Bot. 1: 19 (1842)
  • Diconangia Mitch. ex Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 165 (1763)
  • Kurrimia Wall. ex Meisn. in Pl. Vasc. Gen. 1: 67 (1837)
  • Reinia Franch. & Sav. in Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 314 (1878)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Americas, Africa, Asia-Temperate Regional: U.S.A., S. Africa & Asia-Temperate Alabama, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Burundi, Cape Provinces, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Delaware, District of Columbia, East Himalaya, Florida, Georgia, Hainan, Illinois, Indiana, Japan, Jawa, Kentucky, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Malawi, Malaya, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Jersey, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Philippines, South Carolina, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 199. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Adanson, M. 1763. Familles des Plantes. II. partie. (24) + 640 pp. Paris: Vincent. BHL Reference page. 
• Franchet, A. & Savatier, L. 1877–1879. Enumeratio plantarum in Japonia sponte crescentium. Vol. 2. F. Savy, Paris, 789 pp. [pt. 1 (pp. 1–256), 1877; pt. 2 (pp. 257–624), 1878; pt. 3 (pp. 625–789), 1879]. BHL Reference page. 
• Harvey, W. 1842. Descriptions of several new Genera of South African Plants. The London Journal of Botany 1: 18-29. BHL Reference page. 
• Meisner, C.F. 1837–1843. Plantarum vascularium genera secundum ordines naturales digesta eorumque differentiae et affinitates tabulis diagnosticis expositae. Weidmann, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. 402 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Itea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Itea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Itea. Published online. Accessed: May 25 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Itea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 May 2023.

Vernacular names=

dansk: Drueved-slægten
hrvatski: Iteja
日本語: ズイナ属
中文: 鼠刺属

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