Rzedowskia
Species of flowering plant
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Rzedowskia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae.[1] It contains one known species, Rzedowskia tolantonguensis, native to eastern Mexico.[1]
| Rzedowskia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Rzedowskia Medrano[1] |
| Species: | R. tolantonguensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rzedowskia tolantonguensis Medrano[1] | |
The genus name of Rzedowskia is in honour of Jerzy Rzedowski (1926–2023), a Mexican botanist. His focus was on Mexican floristics, taxonomy, and ecology.[2] The Latin specific epithet of tolantonguensis refers to Tolantongo, a box canyon and resort in the state of Hidalgo, where the plant was found.[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in the Boletín de la Sociedad Botánica de México Vol. 41, page 41 in 1981.[1]
In 1997, sesquiterpenes were extracted from Rzedowskia tolantonguensis.[4]