# Corsiopsis

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***Corsiopsis*** is a genus of plants in the [Corsiaceae](/source/Corsiaceae) family.[1][2] It contains only one known species, ***Corsiopsis chinensis***, [endemic](/source/Endemic) to [Guangdong Province](/source/Guangdong_Province) in [China](/source/China).[3][4]

Both the genus and the species were [circumscribed](/source/Circumscription_(taxonomy)) by Dian Xiang Zhang, Richard M.K. Saunders and Chi-Ming Hu in Syst. Bot. vol.24 (3) on page 313 in 1999.[5]

The genus name of *Corsiopsis* is in honour of Bardo Corsi Salviati (1844–1907), who was an Italian nobleman with a large botanical park near Florence.[6]

## References

1. Zhang, Dian Xang, Saunders, Richard M. K., & Hu, Chi Ming. 1999. Systematic Botany 24(3): 313–314

1. [Tropicos, *Corsiopsis* D.X. Zhang, R.M.K. Saunders & C.M. Hu](http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50203180)

1. [Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families](http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=303279)

1. [Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 131 白玉簪 bai yu zan *Corsiopsis chinensis* D. X. Zhang, R. M. K. Saunders & C. M. Hu, Syst. Bot. 24: 313. 1999.](http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250095634)

1. ["*Corsiopsis* D.X.Zhang, R.M.K.Saunders & C.M.Hu | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1011151-1). *Plants of the World Online*. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

1. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). [*Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen*](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022) [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. [doi:10.3372/epolist2022](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022). ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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