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| {{SPlantbox | | {{SPlantbox |
| + | |familia=Simaroubaceae |
| + | |genus=Quassia |
| |Min ht metric=cm | | |Min ht metric=cm |
| + | |features=flowers |
| |Temp Metric=°F | | |Temp Metric=°F |
− | |image=Upload.png | + | |image=Koeh-117.jpg |
− | |image_width=240 | + | |image_width=200 |
| + | |image_caption=Quassia amara |
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| + | '''''Quassia''''' is a [[genus]] in the [[family]] [[Simaroubaceae]]. Its size is disputed; some [[botanist]]s treat it as consisting of only one [[species]], ''[[Quassia amara]]'' from [tropical] [[South America]], while others treat it in a wide circumscription as a [[pantropical]] [[genus]] containing up to 40 species of [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s. |
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| {{Inc| | | {{Inc| |
| Quassia (from an aboriginal name). Simarubaceae. Trees, sometimes cultivated in the warmhouse. | | Quassia (from an aboriginal name). Simarubaceae. Trees, sometimes cultivated in the warmhouse. |
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| + | ==Cultivation== |
− | | color = lightgreen
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− | | name = ''Quassia''
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| + | ===Propagation=== |
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− | | image_caption = ''Quassia amara''
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− | | regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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− | | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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− | | classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
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− | | ordo = [[Sapindales]]
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− | | familia = [[Simaroubaceae]]
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− | | genus = '''''Quassia'''''
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− | | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
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− | | subdivision_ranks = Species
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− | See text.
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− | '''''Quassia''''' is a [[genus]] in the [[family]] [[Simaroubaceae]]. Its size is disputed; some [[botanist]]s treat it as consisting of only one [[species]], ''[[Quassia amara]]'' from [tropical] [[South America]], while others treat it in a wide circumscription as a [[pantropical]] [[genus]] containing up to 40 species of [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s.
| + | ===Pests and diseases=== |
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| + | ==Species== |
| Broader treatments of the genus include the following and other species: | | Broader treatments of the genus include the following and other species: |
| *''[[Quassia africana]]'' | | *''[[Quassia africana]]'' |
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| *''[[Quassia undulata]]'' | | *''[[Quassia undulata]]'' |
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− | [[Category:Sapindales]] | + | ==Gallery== |
− | [[Category:Plant toxin insecticides]]
| + | {{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery --> |
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| + | <gallery> |
| + | Image:Upload.png| photo 1 |
| + | Image:Upload.png| photo 2 |
| + | Image:Upload.png| photo 3 |
| + | </gallery> |
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| + | ==References== |
| + | *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 |
| + | <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> |
| + | <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> |
| + | <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> |
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| + | ==External links== |
| + | *{{wplink}} |
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| + | {{stub}} |
| + | __NOTOC__ |