''Hornschuchia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the custard apple and soursop family
Annonaceae
The Annonaceae are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest ...
, with all species native to South America and in eastern
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
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It is within the
Bocageeae tribe.
The genus name of ''Hornschuchia'' is in honour of
Christian Friedrich Hornschuch
Christian Friedrich Hornschuch (21 August 1793 – 24 December 1850) was a German botanist born in Rodach, Bavaria.
In 1808 he started his career as an apprentice at a pharmacy in Hildburghausen. In 1813 he moved to Regensburg as an assistan ...
(1793–1850), a German botanist born in
Bavaria
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.
It was first described and published in Flora Vol.4 on page 302 in 1821.
Species
According to Kew;
''Hornschuchia bryotrophe'' is the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
.
[Pierre Auguste Joseph Drapiez ]
References
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Annonaceae genera
Annonaceae
Plants described in 1821
Flora of Brazil