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Prockia
Sign in to saveProckia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It consists of approximately six species of shrubs and small trees native to the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Its type species, Prockia crucis, is highly polymorphic and has a broad distribution, from Mexico and the West Indies to Uruguay and northern Argentina.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilySalicaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 124
- With media
- 58
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, INECOL, CM, UEFS, UFC, IPA
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Brasil, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Salicaceae
- Image
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- Prockia
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- topic's main category
- Category:Prockia
- Commons category
- Prockia
- taxonomic type
- Prockia crucis
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Encyclopedic overview
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Prockia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It consists of approximately six species of shrubs and small trees native to the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Its type species, Prockia crucis, is highly polymorphic and has a broad distribution, from Mexico and the West Indies to Uruguay and northern Argentina.
The genus name of Prockia is in honour of Christian Leberecht von Prøck (1718–1780), a Danish baron. He served as Governor-General of the Danish West Indies colonies from 1756 to 1766. It was first described and published in Syst. Nat. edition.10, Vol.2 on page 1074 in 1759.
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