Protorhus

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: Protorhus
Species: P. longifolia
Name

Protorhus Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 377, 420. 1881.

Lectotype species: Protorhus longifolia (Bernh.) Engl. (designated by: Phillips, E.P. 1951. Gen. S. Afr. Fl. Pl. (ed. 2) 473.)

References

Hassler, M. 2018. Protorhus. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Protorhus. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 10 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Protorhus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 10. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2018. Protorhus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 10.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Protorhus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Protorhus is a small genus of Afrotropical trees in the family Anacardiaceae. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[1]

Taxonomy

Protorhus is placed in tribe Rhoeae, subfamily Anacardioideae of the family Anacardiaceae. The genus Abrahamia with 19 Madagascan taxa was separated from Protorhus in 2004.(Pell 2004)
Species

The species are:[2]

Protorhus fulva Engl. – Madagascar
Protorhus longifolia (Bernh.) Engl. – South Africa
Protorhus thouarsii Engl.

Formerly listed;

Protorhus buxifolia H. Perrier, transferred to Abrahamia buxifolia (H. Perrier) Randrian. & Lowry

References

Randrianasolo, Armand (1998). Systematics and evolution of three Malagasy genera of Anacardiaceae: Micronychia Oliv., Protorhus Engl. and Rhus section Baronia (Baker) H. Perrier (PhD). University of Missouri.

"Protorhus". The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Retrieved 17 April 2014.

Bibliography
Pell, Susan Katherine (May 2004). Molecular systematics of the cashew family (Anacardiaceae) (PDF). Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University. Archived from the original (PhD thesis) on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2017-02-20.