Cephalanthus
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Cephalanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are five extant species[1] that are commonly known as buttonbush.[2][3]
Description
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Distribution and habitat
Cephalanthus occidentalis is native to the eastern United States and Canada. The others occur in tropical regions of the Americas, Africa and Asia.[4] Two species are known in cultivation.[5]
Systematics
Cephalanthus was named by Linnaeus in Species Plantarum in 1753.[6] The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek words κέφαλη (kephale), meaning "head", and ἄνθος (anthos), meaning "flower".[7]
Taxonomy
Cephalanthus is the most basal genus in the tribe Naucleeae.[8] Some authors have segregated it into its own monotypic tribe.[9] The type species is Cephalanthus occidentalis.[10]
Species
The following five extant species are accepted:[1][3][11]
- Cephalanthus angustifolius Lour. - Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
- Cephalanthus glabratus (Spreng.) K.Schum. - sarandí - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Cephalanthus occidentalis L. - button-willow, common buttonbush, honey-bells - Cuba, eastern Canada, eastern, central and southern United States, California, Arizona, New Mexico
- Cephalanthus salicifolius Humb. & Bonpl. - Mexican buttonbush, willowleaf buttonbush - Mexico, Honduras, extreme southern tip of Texas
- Cephalanthus tetrandrus (Roxb.) Ridsdale & Bakh.f. - tropical Asia from India to China and Thailand
Fossil record
Sixteen fossil mericarps of †Cephalanthus pusillus have been described from middle Miocene strata of the Fasterholt area near Silkeborg in Central Jutland, Denmark.[12]
References
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- ↑ Friis, Else Marie, 1985, Angiosperm Fruits and Seeds from the Middle Miocene of Jutland (Denmark), The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters 24:3
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