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Dorstenia

Dorstenia
Pseudanthium of Dorstenia hildebrandtii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Dorstenieae
Genus: Dorstenia
Plum. ex L. (1753)
Species[1]

122; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Craterogyne Lanj. (1935)
  • Ctenocladium Airy Shaw (1965)
  • Ctenocladus Engl. (1921), nom. illeg.
  • Kosaria Forssk. (1775)
  • Sychinium Desv. (1826)
Dorstenia contrajerva, the type species, by von Jacquin, 1793.

Dorstenia is a genus within the mulberry family, Moraceae. Depending on the author, there are said to be 100 to 170 species within this genus, second only in number to the genus Ficus within Moraceae. Plants of the World Online currently accepts 122 species.[1] Dorstenia species are mainly known for their unusual inflorescences and growth habits. Dorstenia is named in honor of the German physician and botanist Theodor Dorsten (1492–1552).[2] The type species is Dorstenia contrajerva.

  1. ^ a b c Dorstenia Plum. ex L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. ^ Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ISBN 3-7643-0755-2

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