Ehretia
Genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae
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Ehretia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ehretiaceae.[2] It contains 66 species native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Papuasia, and Australia.[1] The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770).[3]
| Ehretia | |
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| Ehretia acuminata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Ehretiaceae |
| Genus: | Ehretia P.Browne |
| Type species | |
| Ehretia tinifolia | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
Accepted species and other notable taxa[1]
- Ehretia acuminata R.Br. – Koda (East Asia, New Guinea, eastern Australia)
- Ehretia alba Retief & A.E.van Wyk
- Ehretia amoena Klotzsch
- Ehretia anacua (Terán & Berland.) I.M.Johnst. – Anacua (Texas in the United States, Mexico)
- Ehretia angolensis Baker
- Ehretia aspera Willd. (synonym Ehretia laevis Roxb.)
- Ehretia asperula Zoll. & Moritzi
- Ehretia australis J.S.Mill.
- Ehretia bakeri Baker
- Ehretia changjiangensis F.W.Xing & Ze X.Li
- Ehretia coerulea Gürke
- Ehretia confinis I.M.Johnst.
- Ehretia cortesia Gottschling
- Ehretia corylifolia C.H.Wright
- Ehretia crebrifolia (Miers) ined.
- Ehretia cymosa Thonn.
- Ehretia decaryi J.S.Mill.
- Ehretia densiflora F.N.Wei & H.Q.Wen
- Ehretia dichotoma Blume
- Ehretia dicksonii Hance
- Ehretia dolichandra R.R.Mill
- Ehretia dunniana H.Lév.
- †Ehretia europaea E.M. Reid
- Ehretia glandulosissima Verdc.
- Ehretia grahamii Randell
- Ehretia hainanensis I.M.Johnst.
- Ehretia janjalle Verdc.
- Ehretia javanica Blume
- Ehretia kaessneri Vaupel
- Ehretia keyensis Warb.
- Ehretia latifolia Loisel.
- Ehretia lengshuikengensis S.S.Ying
- Ehretia longiflora Champ. ex Benth.
- Ehretia macrophylla Wall.
- Ehretia matthewii Kottaim.
- Ehretia meyersii J.S.Mill.
- Ehretia microcalyx Vaupel
- Ehretia microphylla Lam.
- Ehretia mollis (Blanco) Merr.
- Ehretia moluccana Riedl
- Ehretia namibiensis Retief & A.E.van Wyk
- Ehretia obtusifolia Hochst. ex A.DC.
- Ehretia papuana S.Moore
- Ehretia parallela C.B.Clarke
- Ehretia philippinensis A.DC.
- Ehretia phillipsonii J.S.Mill.
- Ehretia pingbianensis Y.L.Liu
- Ehretia pranomiana Rueangs. & Suddee
- Ehretia psilosiphon R.R.Mill
- Ehretia resinosa Hance
- Ehretia retusa (G.Don) Wall. ex A.DC.
- Ehretia rigida (Thunb.) Druce – Deurmekaarbos (Southeastern Africa)
- Ehretia rosea Gürke
- Ehretia saligna R.Br.
- Ehretia seyrigii J.S.Mill.
- Ehretia siamensis Teijsm. & Binn. ex Gagnep. & Courchet
- Ehretia silvana R.R.Mill
- Ehretia takaminei Hatus.
- Ehretia timorensis Decne.
- Ehretia tinifolia L.
- Ehretia trachyphylla C.H.Wright
- Ehretia tsangii I.M.Johnst.
- Ehretia urceolata W.Fitzg.
- Ehretia wallichiana Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke
- Ehretia wightiana Wall. ex G.Don
- Ehretia winitii Craib
Fossil record
†Ehretia europaea fossil seeds of the Chattian stage, Oligocene, are known from the Oberleichtersbach Formation in the Rhön Mountains, central Germany.[4] Endocarp fossils have been described from the Late Miocene locality of Pont-de-Gail in France and from the southern border of the Po Plain in northern Italy in two sites dated to the Zanclean and in three sites of supposed Zanclean age[5]
Taxonomy references
- "Index Nominum Genericorum -- Ehretia". International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- UniProt. "Ehretia". Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- "Ehretia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- "Ehretia P.Browne". African flowering plants database. Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
