Gordonia (Theaceae)

Gordonia lasianthus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Theaceae
Tribus: Gordonieae
Genus: Gordonia
Species: G. acutifolia – G. alpestris – G. angustifolia – G. barbinervis – G. benitoensis – G. brenesii – G. cristalensis – G. curtyana – G. ekmanii – G. fruticosa – G. haematoxylon – G. lasianthus – G. moaensis – G. portoricensis – G. pubescens – G. robusta – G. samuelssonii – G. spathulata – G. tomentosa – G. urbanii – G. villosa – G. wrightii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Gordonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Sept. 26. Reference page.

Name

Gordonia J.Ellis, Philos. Trans. 60: 520, pl. 11. (1771), nom. cons.

• Type species: G. lasianthus (L.) J.Ellis

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Lasianthus Adans., Fam. 2: 398, 568. 1763, nom. rej., non Lasianthus Jack (Rubiaceae).
• Heterotypic
  • Haemocharis Salisb. ex Mart. & Zucc. in Flora 8: 29 (1825)
  • Laplacea Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 207 (1822), nom. cons.
  • Lindleya Nees in Flora 4: 299 (1821), nom. rej., non Lindleya Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 6: 239 (ed. qto.); 188 (ed. fol.) (1824), nom. cons. (Malvaceae)
  • Michauxia Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 386 (1796), nom. illeg. non Michauxia L'Hér., 1788. Michauxia: 1 nom. cons. (Campanulaceae)
  • Wikstroemia Schrad. in Gött. Gel. Anz. 2: 710 (1821), nom. rej., non Wikstroemia Endl. (1833) (Thymelaeaceae)

References

Primary references

• Ellis, J. 1771. "1770". A copy of a letter from John Ellis, Esq; F.R.S. to Dr. Linnæus, F.R.S. &c. with the figure and characters of that elegant American Evergreen-tree, called by the Gardiners the Loblolly-Bay [...] an intire new genus to which Mr. Ellis gives the name of Gordonia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 60: 518–523. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Gordonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Sept. 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Gordonia. Published online. Accessed: 26. Sept 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Gordonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Sept. 2024.
• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.  Treats Polyspora separately from Gordonia.
• Flora of China (draft) Theaceae. Treats Polyspora separately from Gordonia.

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