Gesnouinia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordoo: Rosales

Familia: Urticaceae
Tribus: Parietarieae
Genus: Gesnouinia
Species: G. arborea
Name

Gesnouinia Gaudich.
References

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gesnouinia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Gesnouinia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae (the nettle family). Two species are accepted by The Plant List as of October 2014:[2]

Gesnouinia arborea (L.f.) Gaudich.
Gesnouinia filamentosa Wedd.

Description

Gesnouinia species are shrubs with monoecious flowers (i.e. separate "male" and "female" flowers on the same plant). Two staminate ("male") flowers and one carpellate ("female") flower are grouped in each bract (involucre), which are then clustered into a panicle. The male flowers have a calyx made up of four sepals and four stamens. The female flowers have an included ovary and a short style.[3]
References

"IPNI Plant Name Query Results for Gesnouinia", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2014-10-10
Search for "Gesnouinia", The Plant List, retrieved 2014-10-10
Bramwell, David & Bramwell, Zoë (2001). Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands. Madrid, España: Editorial Rueda. p. 109. ISBN 84-7207-129-4.