Fraunhofera

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: Fraunhofera
Species: F. multiflora
Name

Fraunhofera Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 3(2): 85, t. 235. (1831)

monotypic taxon

References

Martius, C.F.P. von 1831. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum quas in Itinere... Munchen 85, t. 235.
Biral, L., Simmons, M.P., Smidt, E.C., Tembrock, L.R., Bolson, M., Archer, R.H. & Lombardi, J.A. 2017. Systematics of New World Maytenus (Celastraceae) and a New Delimitation of the Genus. Systematic Botany 42(4): 680-693. DOI: 10.1600/036364417X696456 Paywall. PDF Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Fraunhofera in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 4. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Fraunhofera. 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 Oct. 4. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Fraunhofera. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 4 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Fraunhofera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Oct. 2019.

Fraunhofera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. It has only one species, Fraunhofera multiflora, called pau branco, which is a Brazilian endemic.[2][3] Found in deciduous forests of Brazil, they are little-studied shrubs or trees, and only immature fruit have ever been observed.[4]
References

Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 3(2): 85, t. 235 (1831)
"Fraunhofera". theplantlist.org. The Plant List. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (21 September 2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. p. 257. ISBN 9780123969545.
Kubitzki, Klaus (11 November 2013). Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. p. 46. ISBN 9783662072578.