Strumpfia Explained

Strumpfia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Strumpfia maritima, which is found from southern Florida to northern Venezuela.^[1] Strumpfia maritima is also the only species in the tribe Strumpfieae. It is an evergreen shrub of coastal areas that rarely exceeds 1m (03feet) in height.^[2] Pride of Big Pine is a common name. Strumpfia was named by Nicolaus Jacquin in 1760 in his compilation entitled Enumeratio Systematis Plantarum.^{[3] [4]} It was named for Christopher Strumpf, professor of chemistry and botany at Hall, in Magdeburg, and editor of Carl Linnaeus's Latin: [[Genera Plantarum]].^[5]

External links

• Strumpfia maritima In: Wildland Shrubs At: International Institute of Tropical Forestry At: International At: U.S. Forest Service
• Strumpfia, IPNI
• Strumpfia, page 8 and Strumpfia, page 28 In: Enumeratio systematica plantarum
• Strumpfia In: General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants In: A General System of Gardening and Botany (George Don)
• Strumpfia At: Index Nominum Genericorum, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• Strumpfia, GRIN taxonomy for plants
• Strumpfia, UniProt

Notes and References

1. Web site: Strumpfia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae. 21 March 2016.
2. John K. Francis (editor). undated. Wildland Shrubs of the United States and its Territories: Thamnic Descriptions. General Technical Report IITF-WB-1. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service; International Institute of Tropical Forestry and Shrub Sciences Laboratory.
3. Strumpfia in International Plant Names Index.
4. Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit nouas, aut iam cognitas emandauit pages 8 and 28.
5. George Don, Jr. 1834. A general system of gardening and botany. Founded upon Miller's Gardener's dictionary, and arranged according to the natural system. volume III (Calyciflorae): page 560.