Hura | |
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Hura crepitans | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Euphorbioideae |
Tribe: | Hureae |
Genus: |
Hura L. |
Species | |
This article's
lead section may be too short to adequately
summarize the key points. (December 2023) |
Hura is a genus of trees in the family Euphorbiaceae described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. [1] [2] It is native to South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
In 1783, Johann Gerhard König used the name Hura to refer to a very different plant from the one Linnaeus had named. Thus was created an illegitimate homonym. [8] [9] Under the rules of nomenclature, Koenig's name had to be abandoned. The two names created using his genus are now in the genus Globba, as follows:
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Hura | |
---|---|
Hura crepitans | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Euphorbioideae |
Tribe: | Hureae |
Genus: |
Hura L. |
Species | |
This article's
lead section may be too short to adequately
summarize the key points. (December 2023) |
Hura is a genus of trees in the family Euphorbiaceae described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. [1] [2] It is native to South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
In 1783, Johann Gerhard König used the name Hura to refer to a very different plant from the one Linnaeus had named. Thus was created an illegitimate homonym. [8] [9] Under the rules of nomenclature, Koenig's name had to be abandoned. The two names created using his genus are now in the genus Globba, as follows:
{{
cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro