Citronella (genus)
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Genus of flowering plants
Not to be confused with Cymbopogon, from which citronella oil is produced.
| Citronella | |
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| Citronella mucronata | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Aquifoliales |
| Family: | Cardiopteridaceae |
| Genus: | Citronella D.Don |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Citronella is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cardiopteridaceae described as a genus in 1832.[2] [3] It is native to tropical regions of South and Central America, insular Southeast Asia, Australia, and islands of the western Pacific.[1] The genus was formerly treated as belonging to the family Icacinaceae.[4] [5]
Few species have been cultivated. Citronella mucronata , from Chile, is remarkable for its hardiness compared to other members of this genus. It is one of the most well-known of the species and has been introduced to Europe.[6] [7]
Species
[edit ]- Citronella apogon - Bolivia, NW Argentina
- Citronella costarricensis - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru
- Citronella engleriana - Rio de Janeiro
- Citronella gongonha - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
- Citronella hirsuta - New Caledonia
- Citronella incarum - Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
- Citronella latifolia - Samar
- Citronella lucidula - Solomon Islands
- Citronella macrocarpa - New Caledonia
- Citronella melliodora - Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia
- Citronella moorei - New South Wales & Queensland
- Citronella mucronata - Chile
- Citronella paniculata - Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela, Misiones
- Citronella philippinensis - Luzon
- Citronella samoensis - Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga
- Citronella sarmentosa - New Caledonia
- Citronella silvatica - Colombia
- Citronella smythii - Queensland
- Citronella suaveolens - Indonesia, New Guinea
- Citronella vitiensis - Fiji
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Don, David. 1832. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 13: 243-244 description in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Tropicos, Citronella D.Don
- ^ Howard R. A. 1942d Studies of the Icacinaceae. V. A revision of the genus Citronella D. Don. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 142: 60-89
- ^ Genus Citronella from Encyclopedia of Chilean Flora
- ^ "Chilean plants cultivated in Spain" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009年03月20日. Retrieved 2008年01月12日.
- ^ Mabberley, D. 1997. The Plant-Book. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 858p.
