Ottoschulzia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Metteniusales

Familia: Metteniusaceae
Genus: Ottoschulzia
Species: O. cubensis – O. domingensis – O. pallida – O. rhodoxylon
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ottoschulzia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec 14. Reference page.

Name

Ottoschulzia Urb. Symb. Antill. 7: 272–273. (1912)

Type species: Ottoschulzia cubensis (C. Wright ex Griseb.) Urb. Symb. Antill. 7: 273–274. (1912)

References

Urban, I. 1912. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 7: 272–273.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Ottoschulzia. Published online. Accessed: July 3 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Ottoschulzia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 July 2016.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ottoschulzia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Ottoschulzia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Metteniusaceae.[1]

Its native range is from south-eastern Mexico to Guatemala, and the Caribbean. It is also found in the countries of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico.[1]

The genus name of Ottoschulzia is in honour of Otto Eugen Schulz (1874–1936), a German botanist, born in Berlin.[2] It was first described and published in Symb. Antill. Vol.7 on page 272 in 1912.[1]
Species

According to Kew:[1]

Ottoschulzia cubensis (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Urb.
Ottoschulzia domingensis Urb.
Ottoschulzia pallida Lundell
Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon (Urb.) Urb.

References

"Ottoschulzia Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.