Corsiopsis

<i>Corsiopsis</i>

Corsiopsis

Genus of flowering plants

Corsiopsis is a genus of plants in the Corsiaceae family.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Corsiopsis chinensis, endemic to Guangdong Province in China.[3][4]

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Both the genus and the species were circumscribed by Dian Xiang Zhang, Richard M.K. Saunders and Chi-Ming Hu in Syst. Bot. vol.24 (3) on page 313 in 1999.[5]

The genus name of Corsiopsis is in honour of Bardo Corsi Salviati (1844–1907), who was an Italian nobleman with a large botanical park near Florence.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Zhang, Dian Xang, Saunders, Richard M. K., & Hu, Chi Ming. 1999. Systematic Botany 24(3): 313–314
  2. [2]
    Tropicos, Corsiopsis D.X. Zhang, R.M.K. Saunders & C.M. Hu
  3. [3]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. [4]
    Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 131 白玉簪 bai yu zan Corsiopsis chinensis D. X. Zhang, R. M. K. Saunders & C. M. Hu, Syst. Bot. 24: 313. 1999.
  5. [5]
    "Corsiopsis D.X.Zhang, R.M.K.Saunders & C.M.Hu | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  6. [6]
    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.


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