Serjania Explained

Serjania is a genus of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. The name honours French Minim friar Philippe Sergeant.[1] [2]

Selected species

  • Serjania brachycarpa A.Gray  - littlefruit slipplejack
  • Serjania brevipes Benth. (Ecuador)
  • Serjania diversifolia (Jacq.) Radlk.  - fowlsfoot
  • Serjania exarata Radlk.
  • Serjania glabrata Kunth
  • Serjania incisa Torr.  - slashleaf slipplejack
  • Serjania membranacea Splitg.
  • Serjania mexicana (L.) Willd.
  • Serjania paniculata Kunth
  • Serjania paucidentata DC.
  • Serjania polyphylla (L.) Radlk.  - basketwood
  • Serjania pteleifolia Diels (Ecuador)
  • Serjania pyramidata Radlk.
  • Serjania reticulata Cambess.
  • Serjania rhombea Radlk.
  • Serjania sinuata Schumach.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Quattrocchi, Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names . IV R-Z . 2000 . Taylor & Francis US . 978-0-8493-2678-3 . 2466.
  2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120812#page/52/mode/1up Plumier, Charles. Nova plantarum americanarum genera (1703)
  3. Web site: GRIN Species Records of Serjania . Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture . 2011-07-26.