Aguiaria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Bombacoideae
Tribus: Adansonieae
Genus: Aguiaria
Species: A. excelsa
Name

Aguiaria Ducke, Ann. Acad. Brasil. Sci. 7: 329. (1935)

monotypic taxon

References

Ducke, A. 1935. Annaes da Academia Brasileira de Sciencias 7: 329.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Aguiaria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Aguiaria. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 17 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Aguiaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2020.

Aguiaria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.[1]

Its native range is Northern Brazil.[1]

The genus was named after Brás de Aguiar (1881–1947), Brazilian naval officer who supported the author of the genus, Adolpho Ducke.[2]

It has one species,[1] Aguiaria excelsa Ducke which was first published and described in Ann. Acad. Brasil. Sci. Vol.7 on page 329 in 1935.[3]
References

"Aguiaria Ducke | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
"Aguiaria excelsa Ducke | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 August 2021.