Garcia (plant)

Garcia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and of the monotypic subtribe Garciinae and is part of the major group Angiosperms.[2] Garcias generally grow up to 15cm and are extremely rare.[3] It was first described as a genus in 1792.[4][5] It is native to Central America, Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela, and is also naturalized in some of the West Indies.[1][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Garcia
Garcia parviflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Aleuritideae
Subtribe: Garciinae
Genus: Garcia
Vahl ex Rohr
Synonyms[1]
  • Carcia Raeusch.

Habitat

Garcias generally like to live in sandy areas and generally bloom during summer.

Species[1]
  1. Garcia nutans Vahl ex Rohr - Mexico from Sinaloa and San Luis Potosí to Chiapas + Yucatán, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela
  2. Garcia parviflora Lundell - Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Garcia — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  3. "Plant Profile for Paeonia 'Berry Garcia' - Itoh Hybrid Peony Perennial". www.perennials.com. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  4. Rohr, Julius Bernard von. 1792. Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet 2(1): 217
  5. Tropicos, Garcia Rohr
  6. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  7. Cowan, C. P. 1983. Flora de Tabasco. Listados Florísticos de México 1: 1–123
  8. Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
  9. Ibarra Manríquez, G. & S. Sinaca Colín. 1995. Lista florística comentada de la estación de biología tropical "Los Tuxtlas", Veracruz, Mexico. Revista de Biología Tropical 43(1–3): 75–115.
  10. Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326.
  11. Zamora Villalobos, N., Q. Jiménez Madrigal & L. J. Poveda Álvarez. 2004. Árboles de Costa Rica 3: 1–556. INBio, Santo Domingo de Heredia


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