Stocksia (plant)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Stocksia Benth. |
Stocksia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Stocksia brahuica Benth.
It is native to Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.[1]
The genus name of Stocksia is in honour of John Ellerton Stocks (1822–1854), an Englishman who became a botanist in India.[2] The Latin specific epithet of brahuica refers to the Brahui people, an ethnic group native to the Balochistan region of Pakistan, where the plant was found. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. Vol.5 on pages 304-305 in 1853.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Stocksia Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ 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.