Griffitharia is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. It includes 19 species native to Asia, ranging from Afghanistan along the Himalayas to Myanmar and central China.[2]
| Griffitharia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amygdaloideae |
| Tribe: | Maleae |
| Subtribe: | Malinae |
| Genus: | Griffitharia Rushforth (2018) |
| Type species | |
| Griffitharia guanii (Rushforth) Rushforth[1] | |
| Species[2] | |
|
19; see text | |
They are small to medium-sized trees, which rarely grow more than 20 meters tall. They grow in cool temperate zones from about 1850 to 3300 meters elevation.[1]
19 species are accepted.[2]
- Griffitharia ambrozyana (C.K.Schneid.) Rushforth
- Griffitharia atrosanguinea (T.T.Yu & H.T.Tsai) Rushforth
- Griffitharia burtonsmithiorum (Rushforth) Rushforth
- Griffitharia guanii (Rushforth) Rushforth
- Griffitharia hedlundii (C.K.Schneid.) Rushforth
- Griffitharia hemsleyi (C.K.Schneid.) Rushforth
- Griffitharia heseltinei (Rushforth) Rushforth
- Griffitharia hudsonii (Rushforth) Rushforth
- Griffitharia karchungii (Rushforth) Rushforth
- Griffitharia lanata (D.Don) Rushforth
- Griffitharia needhamii (Rushforth) Rushforth
- Griffitharia pallescens (Rehder) Rushforth
- Griffitharia schwerinii (C.K.Schneid.) Rushforth
- Griffitharia sharmae (M.F.Watson, V.Manandhar & Rushforth) Rushforth
- Griffitharia spongbergii (Rushforth) Rushforth
- Griffitharia thibetica (Cardot) Rushforth
- Griffitharia vestita (Wall. ex G.Don) Rushforth
- Griffitharia wardii (Merr.) Rushforth
- Griffitharia yongdeensis (Rushforth) Rushforth
References
edit- 1 2 Rushforth, K. 2018. The Whitebeam problem, and a solution. Phytologia 100(4): 222-247; 21 Dec 2018.
- 1 2 3 Griffitharia Rushforth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 December 2023.