Comptonia (plant)
| Comptonia | |
|---|---|
| Comptonia peregrina leaves | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Myricaceae |
| Genus: | Comptonia L'Hér.[1] |
| Species[1] [2] | |
Comptonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myricaceae, native to parts of eastern North America. It has one extant (living) species, sweet fern, Comptonia peregrina ,[1] and a number of extinct species.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit ]The living species was first described, as Liquidambar peregrina, by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, in the second volume of Species Plantarum . Further on in the same volume, he described Myrica aspleniifolia as a different species (with the epithet spelt asplenifolia). In 1763, he changed his mind concerning Myrica aspleniifolia, and it became Liquidambar aspleniifolia, and so in the same genus as Liquidambar peregrina.[3]
In 1789, Charles Louis L'Héritier placed Linnaeus's original Myrica aspleniifolia in his new genus Comptonia.[4] The genus is named in honor of Rev. Henry Compton (1632-1713), bishop of Oxford.
In 1894, John M. Coulter transferred Linnaeus's Liquidambar peregrina to Comptonia, and treated Linnaeus's Myrica aspleniifolia as a synonym.[3] Comptonia peregrina is now the only extant (living) species in the genus.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d "Comptonia L'Hér.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019年07月18日
- ^ a b Xiao-Qing, Liang; Wilde, Volker; Ferguson, David K.; Kvaček, Zlatko; Ablaev, Albert G.; Wang, Yu-Fei & Li, Cheng-Sen (2010), "Comptonia naumannii (Myricaceae) from the early Miocene of Weichang, China, and the palaeobiogeographical implication of the genus", Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 163 (1–2): 52–63, Bibcode:2010RPaPa.163...52L, doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.201009004
- ^ a b Coulter, John M. (1894). "Myricaceae". Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club. Vol. 5. pp. 127–128. Retrieved 2019年07月19日.
- ^ "Comptonia aspleniifolia (L.) L'Hér". The International Plant Names Index . Retrieved 2019年07月19日.
