Girardinia

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: Urticeae
Genus: Girardinia
Species: G. bullosa – G. diversifolia
Name

Girardinia Gaudich., Voy. Uranie, Bot. 498. (1830)

Type species: Girardinia leschenaultiana Decne. Voy. Inde 4, Bot.: 152. (1844) vide Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis, Kew Bull. 36(1): 145. (1981)

References

Gaudichaud-Beaupré, C. 1830. Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par Ordre du Roi, . . . Execute sur les Corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne . . . par M. Louis de Freycinet. Botanique 498.
Friis, I.B. 1981. A synopsis of Girardinia (Urticaceae). Kew Bulletin 36(1): 143-157. JSTOR Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Girardinia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Girardinia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 14 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Girardinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 14.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Girardinia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Girardinia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Urticaceae.[1]

Its native range is the tropical and subtropical Old World to Russian Far East. It is found in the countries of Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cameroon, China, East and West Himalayas, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Inner Mongolia, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Manchuria, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces (of South Africa), Primorye (region of Russia), Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe.[1]

The genus name of Girardinia is in honour of Jean Pierre Louis Girardin (1803–1884), a French agricultural chemist and professor in Rouen and Lille.[2] It was first described and published in Voy. Uranie on page 498 in 1830.[1]

Known species:[1]

Girardinia bullosa (Hochst. ex Steud.) Wedd.
Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis

References

"Girardinia Gaudich. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.