Ruizia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Dombeyoideae
Genus: Ruizia
Species: R. blackburniana – R. boutoniana – R. cordata – R. ferruginea – R. ferruginea – R. granulata – R. mauritiana – R. parviflora – R. populnea – R. rosea – R. sevathianii – R. tremula – R. triflora – R. uniflora
Name

Ruizia Cav., Diss. 2, Secunda Diss. Bot. [App.]: 4. (1786) nom. cons. emend. Dorr & Wurdack (2020)

Type species: Ruizia cordata Cav., Diss. 3, Tertia Diss. Bot. 117 (t. 36, f. 2) (1787)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Assonia Cav., Diss. 2, App.: [v]. (1786)
Dombeya sect. Assonia (Cav.) Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 309. (1895)
Type: Assonia populnea Cav. (≡ Ruizia populnea (Cav.) Dorr)
Vahlia Dahl, Observ. Bot.: 21. 1787, non Thunb., Nov. Gen.Pl. 2: 36. 1782 non Vahlia Thunb. (1782)
Type: Vahlia fastuosa Dahl (= Ruizia populnea (Cav.) Dorr)
Trochetia DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 106. (1823)
Type (designated by Hutchinson, Gen. Fl. Pl. 2: 504. 1967): Trochetia uniflora
Astyria Lindl. in Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 30 [Misc.]: 27. May 1844 & t. 49. 1 Sep 1844 (Astiria)
Type: Astyria rosea Lindl. (≡ Ruizia rosea (Lindl.) Dorr)
Koenigia Comm. ex Juss., Gen. Pl.: 275. (1789) nom. nud. pro syn. non Koenigia L. Mant. Pl. 3, 35. (1767)

References

Cavanilles, A.J. 1786.
Dorr, L.J. & Wurdack, K.J. 2020. Indo‐Asian Eriolaena expanded to include two Malagasy genera, and other generic realignments based on molecular phylogenetics of Dombeyoideae (Malvaceae). Taxon 70(1): 99-126. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12370 Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Ruizia. Published online. Accessed: July 12 2021.