Quassia
Sign in to saveQuassia ( or ) is a plant genus in the family Simaroubaceae. Its size is disputed; some botanists 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 trees and shrubs.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSapindales
- FamilySimaroubaceae
Native toBelize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast
Quassia es un género de plantas de la familia Simaroubaceae. Su tamaño lo disputan algunos botánicos indicando que solo tiene una especie, Quassia amara de Suramérica tropical, mientras que otros lo amplían al subtrópico conteniendo unas 40 especies de árboles y arbustos. Etimología Quassia: nombre genérico que fue otorgado por Linneo en honor del descubridor de la planta, el Surinamés liberto Graman Quassi.
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Research
90 papers- Treatment of seborrheic dermatitis: a comprehensive review.The Journal of dermatological treatment · 2019
- Quassia as a Cure for Cholera.The Southern medical record · 1884
- Quassia "biopiracy" case and the Nagoya Protocol: A researcher's perspective.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2017
- Quassia amara L. (Simaroubaceae) leaf tea: effect of the growing stage and desiccation status on the antimalarial activity of a traditional preparation.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2007
- [Analysis of constituents in Jamaica quassia extract, a natural bittering agent].Shokuhin eiseigaku zasshi. Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan · 2003
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- Parent taxon
- Simaroubaceae
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- Quassia amara - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-117.jpg
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Quassia ( or ) is a plant genus in the family Simaroubaceae. Its size is disputed; some botanists 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 trees and shrubs.
==Taxonomy== The genus was first published in Carl Linnaeus's book Species Plantarum ed. 2. on page 553 in 1762.