Rousselia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordoo: Rosales

Familia: Urticaceae
Tribus: Boehmerieae
Genus: Rousselia
Species: R. cubensis – R. erratica – R. humilis – R. impariflora
Name

Rousselia Gaudich., Voy. Uranie, Bot. pt. 12: 503. (1830)

Type species: Rousselia humilis (Sw.) Urb., Symb. Antill. (Urban). 4(2): 205. (1905)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Lithocnide Raf.
Lithocnides Raf.

References

Gaudichaud-Beaupré, C. 1830. Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par Ordre du Roi, . . . Execute sur les Corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie pt. 12: 503.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Rousselia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Rousselia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 13 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Rousselia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 13.

Rousselia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Urticaceae.[1]

Its native range is south-eastern Mexico to Colombia and the Caribbean. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and the Windward Islands.[1]

It was first described and published in Voy. Uranie on page 503 in 1830.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Rousselia cubensis Grudz.
Rousselia erratica Standl. & Steyerm.
Rousselia humilis (Sw.) Urb.
Rousselia impariflora Grudz.

References

"Rousselia Gaudich. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.