Mosquitoxylum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Anacardiaceae
Subfamilia: Anacardioideae
Genus: Mosquitoxylum
Species: M. jamaicense
Name

Mosquitoxylum Krug & Urb., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 78. (1895)

monotypic taxon

References

& 1895. Notizblatt des Königlichen Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin (-Dahlem) 1: 78.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Mosquitoxylum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 04. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Mosquitoxylum. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 04. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Mosquitoxylum. Published online. Accessed: Mar 04 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Mosquitoxylum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 04.

Mosquitoxylum is a monotypic genus of trees in the subfamily Anacardioideae of the cashew and sumac family Anacardiaceae. It contains the single species Mosquitoxylum jamaicense, which grows naturally from southern Mexico to Ecuador and also in Jamaica.[3]

References

"Mosquitoxylum jamaicense Krug & Urb.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 Jul 2015 – via The Plant List.
"genus Mosquitoxylum Krug & Urb". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 26 Jul 2015.
"Mosquitoxylum". Anacardiaceae and Burseraceae molecular systematics and taxonomic research. anacardiaceae.org. Retrieved 26 Jul 2015.