Caylusea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Resedaceae
Genus: Caylusea
Species: C. abyssinica – C. hexagyna – C. jaberi – C. latifolia
Name

Caylusea A.St.-Hil., Deux. Mém. Réséd 29. (1837)

Type species: Caylusea canescens Webb, Niger Fl. [W. J. Hooker]. 101. (1849) vide Caylusea hexagyna M.L.Green, Stand.-Sp. Nom. Conserv. 29, 63. (1926)

Note: Typification by Green (1930)
Name

Saint-Hilaire, A.F.C.P. de 1837. Deuxième Mémoire sur les Résédacées 29.
Green, M.L. 1930. International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists 103. PDF
Hassler, M. 2019. Caylusea. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 July 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Caylusea. Published online. Accessed: July 23 2019.

The plant genus Caylusea is a small group of plants found in parts of Africa and India. Caylusea abyssinica is eaten as a vegetable.
Selected species

Caylusea abyssinica Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Caylusea canescens Webb
Caylusea canescens A.St.-Hil. (IK)
Caylusea hexagyna (Forssk.) M.L.Green
Caylusea jaberi Abedin
Caylusea latifolia P.Taylor
Caylusea moquiniana Webb