Esenbeckia (plant) explained

Esenbeckia is a genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. All species in the genus are native to the Americas, with the highest diversity in South America.^[1] They are commonly known as jopoy,^[2] the Mayan word for E. berlandieri,^{[3] [4]} or gasparillo (Spanish).^[2]

Taxonomy

The generic name commemorates German naturalist Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776 - 1858).^[1] The Takhtajan system placed the genus in the subfamily Rutoideae,^[5] while Germplasm Resources Information Network placed it in the subfamily Toddalioideae. A 2021 classification of the family Rutaceae places it in subfamily Zanthoxyloideae,^[6] a placement accepted by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website.

Selected species

• Esenbeckia alata (H.Karst. & Triana) Triana & Planch. - Winged Esenbeckia, Coya, Cuala-cuala (Colombia)^[2]
• Esenbeckia berlandieri Baill. ex Hemsl. - Berlandier Esenbeckia, Hueso de Tigre, Limonillo (Mexico, Central America)^[2]
• Esenbeckia flava Brandegee - Yellow Esenbeckia, Palo Amarillo, Palo Morio (Baja California Sur, Mexico)^[2]
• Esenbeckia grandiflora Mart.
• Esenbeckia hartmanii B.L.Rob. & Fernald - Hartman Esenbeckia, Crucecilla, Sámota (Sonora and Sinaloa, Mexico)^[2]
• Esenbeckia leiocarpa Engl. (Atlantic moist forests, Brazil)
• Esenbeckia pilocarpoides Kunth
• Esenbeckia pumila Pohl
• Esenbeckia runyonii C.V.Morton - Runyon's Esenbeckia, Limoncillo (Sierra Madre Oriental in northeastern Mexico, Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States)^[7]

Formerly placed here

• Balfourodendron riedelianum (Engl.) Engl. (as E. riedeliana Engl.)^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: Everett, Thomas H. . The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture . 4 . Courier Corporation . 1981 . 978-0-8240-7234-6 . 1268.
2. Book: Grandtner, Miroslav M. . Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: With Names in Latin, English, French, Spanish and Other Languages . 1 . Elsevier . 2005 . 978-0-444-51784-5 . 335–336.
3. Book: Nokes, Jill . How to Grow Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest . 2 . University of Texas Press . 2001 . 978-0-292-75573-4 . 261.
4. Jopoy is also the word for Ficus spp. in Teenek (Wastek language), see Book: Alcorn, Janis B. . Huastec Mayan Ethnobotany . University of Texas Press . 1984 . 978-0-292-71543-1 . 653.
5. Book: Takhtajan, Armen . Flowering Plants . 2 . 2009 . Springer . 9781402096082 . 375.
6. Appelhans . Marc S. . Bayly . Michael J. . Heslewood . Margaret M. . Groppo . Milton . Verboom . G. Anthony . Forster . Paul I. . Kallunki . Jacquelyn A. . Duretto . Marco F. . 2021 . A new subfamily classification of the Citrus family (Rutaceae) based on six nuclear and plastid markers . Taxon . 10.1002/tax.12543 . amp . free . 11343/288824 . free .
7. Web site: Esenbeckia Kunth Subordinate Taxa . TROPICOS . Missouri Botanical Garden . 2010-01-10.
8. Web site: GRIN Species Records of Esenbeckia . Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture . 2010-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20001101212413/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?4461 . 2000-11-01 . dead .