Vauquelinia
Genus of shrubs
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Vauquelinia, commonly known as the rosewoods, is a genus of the rose family, Rosaceae. It consists of four species of shrubs found in the southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico.[1] The genus was named for French chemist Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763-1829). The nectar provided by these plants is commonly fed on by wasps such as Polistes instabilis.
| Vauquelinia | |
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| Vauquelinia californica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Tribe: | Maleae |
| Genus: | Vauquelinia Corrêa ex Humb. Bonpl.[1] |
| Species | |
V. californica is of some interest as an ornamental.
Taxonomy
Vauquelinia, along with Lindleya and Kageneckia were formerly placed in family Quillajaceae, and have dry dehiscent fruit.[2] Unlike the pome-fruited members of tribe Maleae within the Rosaceae, which share a base chromosome number of 17 with Lindleya and Kageneckia, Vauquelinia has a base chromosome number of 15.[3]
Species
As of June 2021[update], four species and some subspecies were recognized:[1][4][5][6]
- Vauquelinia angustifolia Rydb.
- Vauquelinia australis Standl.
- Vauquelinia californica (Torr.) Sarg. — Arizona rosewood
- Vauquelinia californica ssp. californica
- Vauquelinia californica ssp. pauciflora (Standl.) Hess & Henrickson
- Vauquelinia corymbosa Humb. & Bonpl. — slimleaf rosewood
- Vauquelinia corymbosa ssp. angustifolia (Rydb.) Hess & Henrickson
- Vauquelinia corymbosa ssp. corymbosa
