Coriaria
| Coriaria | |
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| Coriaria ruscifolia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Coriariaceae Mirb.[1] |
| Genus: | Coriaria L. 1753 |
| Type species | |
| Coriaria myrtifolia | |
| Species | |
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14; see text. | |
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| Coriaria distribution | |
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Coriaria is the sole genus in the family Coriariaceae, which was described by Linnaeus in 1753.[3][5] It includes 14 species[6] of small trees, shrubs and subshrubs, with a widespread but disjunct distribution across warm temperate regions of the world, occurring as far apart as the Mediterranean region, southern and eastern Asia, New Zealand (where some are alpine species), the Pacific Ocean islands, and Central and South America.[4][7][8]
The
The Mediterranean species C. myrtifolia is known as redoul, and the several New Zealand species are known by the Māori name of tutu.
The South American species C. ruscifolia is an evergreen climber known as deu or huique, and its fruits are used in southern Chile to make rat poison.
Species
Coriaria comprises the following species:[9][10]
- Coriaria angustissima Hook.f. - New Zealand (South I + Stewart I)
- Coriaria arborea Linds. - New Zealand (South I, North I, Chatham Is, Kermadec Is)
- Coriaria duthiei D.K.Singh & Pusalkar - W Himalayas (N Pakistan + Kashmir, N India)
- Coriaria japonica A.Gray - Japan, Taiwan
- subsp. intermedia (Matsum.) T.C.Huang
- subsp. japonica A.Gray
- Coriaria kingiana Colenso - New Zealand (North I)
- Coriaria kweichovensis Hu - S China, Himalayas
- Coriaria lurida Kirk - New Zealand (South I, North I)
- Coriaria myrtifolia L. - Spain, France, Italy, Algeria, Morocco, Greece, Tunisia[11]
- Coriaria nepalensis Wall. - Himalayas
- Coriaria plumosa W.R.B.Oliv. - New Zealand (South I, North I)
- Coriaria pottsiana W.R.B.Oliv. - New Zealand (North I)
- Coriaria pteridoides W.R.B.Oliv. - New Zealand (North I)
- Coriaria ruscifolia L. - Latin America from C Mexico to S Argentina + S Chile; New Guinea.
- subsp. microphylla (Poir.) J.E.Skog
- subsp. ruscifolia L.
- Coriaria terminalis Hemsl. - Sichuan, Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan
Hybrids
The following hybrids have been described:[9][10]
- Coriaria × sarlurida Cockayne & Allan - New Zealand
- Coriaria × sarmangusta Allan - New Zealand
Fossil record
Coriariaceae
References
- hdl:10654/18083.
- ^ Lectotype designated by M. L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 192 (1929).
- ^ a b Tropicos, Coriaria L.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1037 in Latin
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- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2014. Saururaceae a Zygophyllaceae. 2(3): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 333 马桑科 ma sang ke Coriariaceae
- ^ a b "The Plant List entry for Coriaria". The Plant List, v.1.1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ a b Govaerts R. "Coriaria L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Sommacco a foglie di mirto, Tanner's Sumac, Coriaria myrtifolia L. includes photos and European distribution map
- ISBN 0521592836
- .