Gamblea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Araliaceae
Subfamilia: Aralioideae
Genus: Gamblea
Species: G. ciliata – G. innovans – G. malayana – G. pseudoevodiifolia
Name

Gamblea C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India. (J. D. Hooker) 2: 739. 1879.

Typus: G. ciliata – C.B.Clarke
Synonyms

Heterotypic

Acanthopanax sect. Evodiopanax Harms
Evodiopanax (Harms) Nakai

References

Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Dec 23 [1].

Govaerts, R. & al. 2006. World Checklist of selected plant families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens. 2009 Dec 23 [2]

Vernacular names

Gamblea is a genus of plants of the family Araliaceae, comprising four species.[1] It originally comprised a single species, Gamblea ciliata, which is found in India.

The genus's native range stretches from the Himalaya to Japan and Sumatera. It is found in Assam (part of India), China, East Himalaya, Japan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Tibet and Vietnam.[1]

The genus name of Gamblea is in honour of James Sykes Gamble (1847–1925), an English botanist who specialized in the flora of the Indian sub-continent.[2] and it was first described and published in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India Vol.2 on page 739 in 1879.[1]
Known species

According to Kew;[1]

Gamblea ciliata C.B.Clarke
Gamblea innovans (Siebold & Zucc.) C.B.Shang, Lowry & Frodin
Gamblea malayana (M.R.Hend.) C.B.Shang, Lowry & Frodin
Gamblea pseudoevodiaefolia (K.M.Feng) C.B.Shang, Lowry & Frodin

References

"Gamblea C.B.Clarke | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.