Bixa

Bixa orellana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Bixaceae
Genus: Bixa
Species: B. arborea – B. excelsa – B. orellana – B. platycarpa – B. urucurana

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Bixa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 03. Reference page.

Name

Bixa L., 1753

• Type species: Bixa orellana L.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Orleania C.Commelijn ex Boehm., Defin. Gen. Pl.: 380 (1760).
  • Urucu Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 381 (1763).
  • Orellana Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891).

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 512. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Bixa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 03. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Bixa. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Bixa. Published online. Accessed: May 03 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Bixa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 03.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Bixa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 May 2019.

Vernacular names

suomi: Annatot

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