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Ottoschulzia
Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon
Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Metteniusales
Family: Metteniusaceae
Genus: Ottoschulzia
Urb.

Ottoschulzia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Metteniusaceae. [1]

Its native range is from south-eastern Mexico to Guatemala, and the Caribbean. It is also found in the countries of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico. [1]

The genus name of Ottoschulzia is in honour of Otto Eugen Schulz (1874–1936), a German botanist, born in Berlin. [2] It was first described and published in Symb. Antill. Vol.7 on page 272 in 1912. [1] [3]

Species

According to Kew: [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ottoschulzia Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi: 10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN  978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID  187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ Urban, Ignatz (1911–1913). "Ottoschulzia". Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis (in Latin). pp. 272–274. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.144.