Dussia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Sophoreae
Genus: Dussia
Species: D. atropurpurea – D. coriacea – D. cuscatlanica – D. discolor – D. foxii – D. lehmannii – D. macroprophyllata – D. martinicensis – D. mexicana – D. sanguinea – D. tessmannii

Name

Dussia Krug & Urb. ex Taub. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3): 193. (1892)

Type species: Dussia martinicensis Krug & Urb., in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3): 193 (1892)

References

Taubert, P.H.W. 1892. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 3(3): 193.
Cardoso, D., São-Mateus, W.M., da Cruz, D.T., Zartman, C.E., Komura, D.L., Kite, G., Prenner, G., Wieringa, J.J., Clark, A., Lewis, G. & Pennington, R.T. 2015. Filling in the gaps of the papilionoid legume phylogeny: The enigmatic Amazonian genus Petaladenium is a new branch of the early-diverging Amburaneae clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 112–124. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.12.015 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Dussia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov. 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Dussia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 13 2023. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Dussia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Nov. 2023.

Dussia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 11 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from central Mexico to Bolivia and west-central Brazil.[1]

The genus name of Dussia is in honour of Antoine Duss (1840–1924), who was a Swiss botanist.[2]

11 species are accepted:[1][3]

Dussia atropurpurea N.Zamora, R.T.Penn. & C.H.Stirt.
Dussia coriacea Pierce
Dussia cuscatlanica (Standl.) Standl. & Steyerm.
Dussia discolor (Benth.) Amshoff
Dussia foxii Rudd
Dussia lehmannii Harms
Dussia macroprophyllata (Donn.Sm.) Harms
Dussia martinicensis Krug & Urb.
Dussia mexicana (Standl.) Harms
Dussia sanguinea Urb. & Ekman
Dussia tessmannii Harms

References

Dussia Krug & Urb. ex Taub. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Dussia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 30 January 2014.