Quetzalia
| Quetzalia | |
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| Quetzalia contracta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Subfamily: | Celastroideae |
| Genus: | Quetzalia Lundell[1] |
| Species | |
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Quetzalia are a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine and bittersweet family Celastraceae, native to Mexico and Central America.[2] They can be trees, shrubs or lianas. Cyrus Longworth Lundell split them off from Microtropis in 1970, overriding his own 1939 findings.[3]
Species
Eight species are accepted:[2]
- Quetzalia contracta (Lundell) Lundell
- Quetzalia ilicina (Standl. & Steyerm.) Lundell
- Quetzalia mayana (Lundell & L.O.Williams) Lundell
- Quetzalia occidentalis (Loes. ex Donn.Sm.) Lundell
- Quetzalia pauciflora Lundell
- Quetzalia reynae Lundell
- Quetzalia schiedeana (Loes.) Lundell
- Quetzalia stipitata (Lundell) Lundell
References
- ↑ Wrightia 4: 137 (1970)
- 1 2 "Quetzalia Lundell". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
- ↑ Kubitzki, Klaus (11 November 2013). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. Vol. VI. Springer. p. 52. ISBN 9783662072578.