| Ottoschulzia | |
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| Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Metteniusales |
| Family: | Metteniusaceae |
| Genus: | Ottoschulzia Urb. |
Ottoschulzia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Metteniusaceae.
Its native range is from south-eastern Mexico to Guatemala, and the Caribbean. It is also found in the countries of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico.
The genus name of Ottoschulzia is in honour of Otto Eugen Schulz (1874–1936), a German botanist, born in Berlin. It was first described and published in Symb. Antill. Vol.7 on page 272 in 1912.
Species
According to Kew:
- Ottoschulzia cubensis (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Urb.
- Ottoschulzia domingensis Urb.
- Ottoschulzia pallida Lundell
- Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon (Urb.) Urb.
References
- ^ "Ottoschulzia Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- Urban, Ignatz (1911–1913). "Ottoschulzia". Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis (in Latin). pp. 272–274. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.144.
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