''Dictamnus'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
in the family
Rutaceae
The Rutaceae () is a family (biology), family, commonly known as the rue[RUTACEAE](_blank)
in Bo ...
, native to temperate Eurasia from Spain to China.
[ The genus was first described by ]Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
in 1753.[
]
Species
, Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
accepted two species:[
*'' Dictamnus albus'' L.
*'' Dictamnus angustifolius'' G.Don ex Sweet
*'' Dictamnus caucasicus'' Fisch. ex C. A. Mey.
*'' Dictamnus dasycarpus'' Turcz.
*'' Dictamnus hispanicus'' Webb ex Willk.
]
References
Zanthoxyloideae
Zanthoxyloideae genera
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