Goetzea

Goetzea
Goetzea elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Goetzea
Wydler

Goetzea is a genus of plant in the family Solanaceae. It was originally placed by H. Wydler in the family Ebenaceae and named for his teacher the Rev. Johann August Ephraim Goetze.[1] It was for about half a century included in the now defunct family Goetzeaceae Miers ex Airy Shaw [2]

Note

This is not to be confused with Goetzea, Rchb., a genus in the Fabaceaea, the bean family

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References

  1. Linnaea 5: 423, t. 8. 1830
  2. Kew Bull. 18: 259. 8 Dec 1964.
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