Dondisia
Encyclopedia
Dondisia was a genus
of flowering plant
s in the Rubiaceae
family
but is no longer recognized. It has been sunk into synonymy
with Canthium
. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
but is no longer recognized. It has been sunk into synonymy
Synonym (taxonomy)
In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that is or was used for a taxon of organisms that also goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name to the Norway spruce, which he called Pinus abies...
with Canthium
Canthium
Canthium is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. They are shrubs and small trees. The leaves are deciduous and the stems are usually thorny.-Distribution:They are native to India, Sri Lanka, and tropical East Africa.-Taxonomy:...
. It was originally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830.
Former species
- Dondisia fetida Hassk.Justus Carl HasskarlJustus Carl Hasskarl was a Dutch explorer and botanist specialising in Pteridophytes, Bryophytes and Spermatophytes.-Biography:He was cofounder of the Society of natural Curiosities of India, in Bavaria...
> Vangueria madagascariensisVangueria madagascariensisVangueria madagascariensis, commonly known by the names Spanish-tamarind, or tamarind-of-the-Indies, is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family native to the African continent having edible fruit...
var. madagascariensis - Dondisia foetida Hassk.Justus Carl HasskarlJustus Carl Hasskarl was a Dutch explorer and botanist specialising in Pteridophytes, Bryophytes and Spermatophytes.-Biography:He was cofounder of the Society of natural Curiosities of India, in Bavaria...
> Vangueria madagascariensisVangueria madagascariensisVangueria madagascariensis, commonly known by the names Spanish-tamarind, or tamarind-of-the-Indies, is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family native to the African continent having edible fruit...
var. madagascariensis - Dondisia horrida (BlumeCarl Ludwig BlumeCharles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume was a German-Dutch botanist.He was born at Braunschweig in Germany, but studied at Leiden University and spent his professional life working in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands, where he was Director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden...
) Korth.Pieter Willem KorthalsPieter Willem Korthals was a Dutch botanist. Korthals was the official botanist with the Dutch East India Service from 1831 to 1836....
> Canthium horridum - Dondisia leschenaultii DC. > Canthium angustifolium