Empleuridium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Celastrales

Familia: Celastraceae
Genus: Empleuridium
Species: E. juniperinum
Name

Empleuridium Sond. & Harv. ex Harv., Thes. Cap. 1: 49. (1859)

Type species: Empleuridium juniperinum Sond. & Harv., Thes. Cap. 1: 49. (1859)
monotypic taxon

Note: Sometimes found in Celastraceae (Govaerts et al. (2021), but see Stevens (2021) & Tropicos (2021) for its circumscription in Rutaceae.
References

Sonder, O.W. & Harvey, W.H. 1859. Thesaurus Capensis: or, illustrations of the South African flora 1: 49.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Empleuridium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar.5 {{{3}}}. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Empleuridium. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 5 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Empleuridium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Mar. 2021.
Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.

Empleuridium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae, with a single species Empleuridium juniperinum. Its native range is the Cape Provinces region.[1]
Taxonomy

The genus and species were first named and the species described in Thesaurus Capensis published in 1859. This contained illustrations and brief descriptions of South African plants.[3] A more systematic treatment of the genus and species appeared in Flora Capensis, the relevant part of which is dated to 1860. The author of the genus is given as Otto Wilhelm Sonder and the authors of the species as Sonder and William H. Harvey.[4] The genus was originally tentatively assigned to the family Rutaceae, but a comprehensive study in 1985 showed that it belonged to the Celastraceae.[2]
References

"Empleuridium Sond. & Harv. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
Goldblatt, Peter; Tobe, Hiroshi; Carlquist, Sherwin & Patel, Varsha C. (1985), "Familial Position of the Cape Genus Empleuridium", Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 72 (2): 167–183, JSTOR 2399174
Harvey, William H. (1859). "Empleuridium juniperinum". Thesaurus Capensis. Vol. 1. Dublin: Hodges, Smith & Co. pp. 49–50. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
Harvey, William H. & Sonder, Otto Wilhelm (1860). "Empleuridium". Flora Capensis. Vol. 1. Dublin: Hodges, Smith & Co. p. 442. Retrieved 2021-09-19.