Swinglea
Species of flowering plant
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Swinglea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae.[2] It only contains a single species, Swinglea glutinosa.[2]
| Swinglea | |
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| In Flamingo Tropical Garden in Davie, Florida, US | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Subfamily: | Aurantioideae |
| Genus: | Swinglea Merr. |
| Species: | S. glutinosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Swinglea glutinosa (Blanco) Merr. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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It is native to the Philippines.[2]
The genus name of Swinglea is in honour of Walter Tennyson Swingle (1871–1952), an American agricultural botanist who contributed greatly to the classification and taxonomy of citrus.[3] The genus has one known synonym of Chaetospermum (M.Roem.) Swingle.[2] The Latin specific epithet of glutinosa is derived from gluten meaning glue.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in J. Arnold Arbor. Vol.8 on page 131 in 1927.[2][1]