Doerpfeldia

Doerpfeldia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rhamnaceae. The only species is Doerpfeldia cubensis.^[1]

Doerpfeldia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rhamnaceae
Genus:	Doerpfeldia Urb.
Species:	D. cubensis
Binomial name
Doerpfeldia cubensis (Britton) Urb.

It is native to Cuba.^[1]

Its genus name is in honour of Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853–1940), a German archaeologist,^[2] and the Latin epithet of cubensis means "coming from Cuba". Previously, it was known as Sarcomphalus cubensis Britton in 1920, before Ignatz Urban moved the genus into a separate genus of Doerpfeldia and then published it in Symb. Antill. Vol.9 on page 218.^[3]

References

1. "Doerpfeldia Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
2. 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
3. "Doerpfeldia cubensis (Britton) Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 August 2021.