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Gaya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. It has been classed in the Malvoideae subfamily and the Malveae tribe.[3]

Gaya
Gaya parviflora from Mendoza, Argentina,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Gaya
Kunth
Type species
Gaya hermannioides[1]
Kunth
Synonyms[2]
  • Philippimalva Kuntze
  • Tetraptera Phil.

It is native to Tropical America with its greatest diversity in Brazil (up to 14 species). It is also found in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.[2]


General description


Shrubs or herbs, with toothed leaves, flowers either yellowish or purplish, mainly solitary in the axils, sometimes racemose, with 8 carpels or more, membranaceous, bi-valvate and one seeded.[4]


Taxonomy


The genus name of Gaya is in honour of Jaques Étienne Gay (1786–1864), a Swiss-French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist.[5] It was first described and published in (F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth; Editors), Nov. Gen. Sp. Vol.5 on page 266 in 1823.[2]


Known species


Illustration of Gaya macrantha (1901)
Illustration of Gaya macrantha (1901)

According to Kew;[2]


References


  1. "Taxon: Gaya hermannioides". Flora of the Yucatan Peninsula (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. "Gaya". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. Takeuchi, Cátia; Kano, Cecília H.; Tate, Jennifer A.; Esteves, Gerleni L. (September 2018). "Molecular Phylogenetics and Character Evolution of Gaya and Related Genera (Malvoideae, Malvaceae)". Systematic Botany. 43 (3): 676–688. doi:10.1600/036364418X697391.
  4. Paul Carpenter Standley Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, Vol. 23, Trees and Shrubs of Mexico (1920), p. 759, at Google Books
  5. 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.



На других языках


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[es] Gaya (género)

Gaya es un género con 48 especies perteneciente a la familia Malvaceae. Es originario de Centroamérica.

[ru] Gaya

Gáya (гая, гея) — род цветковых растений, включённый в трибу Мальвовые (Malveae) семейства Мальвовые (Malvaceae).



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