Corsiopsis
Genus of flowering plants
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Corsiopsis is a genus of plants in the Corsiaceae family.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Corsiopsis chinensis, endemic to Guangdong Province in China.[3][4]
| Corsiopsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Corsiaceae |
| Genus: | Corsiopsis D.X.Zhang, R.M.K.Saunders & C.M.Hu |
| Species: | C. chinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Corsiopsis chinensis D.X.Zhang, R.M.K.Saunders & C.M.Hu | |
Both the genus and the species were circumscribed by Dian Xiang Zhang, Richard M.K. Saunders and Chi-Ming Hu in Syst. Bot. vol.24 (3) on page 313 in 1999.[5]
The genus name of Corsiopsis is in honour of Bardo Corsi Salviati (1844–1907), who was an Italian nobleman with a large botanical park near Florence.[6]
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