Shortia (Diapensiaceae)

Familia: Diapensiaceae
Genus:
Species: S. brevistyla – S. galacifolia – S. rotata – S. rotundifolia – S. sinensis – S. uniflora

Shortia Torr. & A.Gray, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 42: 48 (1842). nom. cons.

• Type species: S. galacifolia – Torr. & A.Gray

• Homotypic
  • Sherwoodia House, Torreya 7: 234. (1908)
• Heterotypic
  • Schizocodon Siebold & Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 3(3): 723. 1843. Not accepted by most authorities - see references
  • Shortiopsis Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 147. (1913)
    • Type species: non design.

• Shortia Raf. (1840) nom. rej. = synonym of Borodinia N.Busch (Brassicaceae)

• Gray, A. 1842. Notes of a botanical excursion to the mountains of North Carolina, & c. with some remarks on the botany of the higher Alleghany Mountains. American Journal of Science and Arts 42(1): 1–49. BHL Reference page. 

• Hassler, M. 2020. Shortia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Shortia. Published online. Accessed: Mar 04 2020. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Shortia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 04. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Shortia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Mar 2020. Reference page.

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