Ruizia

{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{automatic taxobox |image = Ruizia cordata.jpg |image_caption = ''Ruizia cordata'' |taxon = Ruizia |authority = Cav. (1786) |synonyms = * ''Astiria'' {{small|Lindl. (1844)}} * ''Trochetia'' {{small|DC. (1823)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:38817-1 ''Ruizia'' Cav.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 25 June 2023.</ref> }}

'''''Ruizia''''' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. It contains 13 species native mostly to the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius and Réunion), and one species native to Madagascar.<ref name = powo/>

The genus was described in 1786 by Antonio José Cavanilles, and named for Spanish botanist Hipólito Ruiz López (1754–1815).<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> It was long thought to contain a single species, ''Ruizia cordata'', endemic to Réunion. In 2021 the genus was re-circumscribed to include the genus ''Trochetia'' and several species formerly classed in genus ''Dombeya''.<ref name = Dorr>Dorr, L.J. and Wurdack, K.J. (2021), Indo-Asian Eriolaena expanded to include two Malagasy genera, and other generic realignments based on molecular phylogenetics of Dombeyoideae (Malvaceae). ''Taxon'', 70: 99-126. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12370</ref>

==Species== 13 species are currently accepted:<ref name = powo/> * Subgenus Trochetia **''Trochetia blackburniana'' {{small|(Bojer ex Baker) Dorr}} – Mauritius **''Trochetia boutoniana'' {{small|(F.Friedmann) Dorr}} – Mauritius ** Trochetia granulata {{small|(Cordem.) Dorr}} - Reunion ** Trochetia parviflora {{small|(Bojer ex Baker) Dorr}} - Mauritius (Mount Corps de Garde) ** Trochetia triflora {{small|(DC.) Dorr}} - Mauritius ** Trochetia uniflora {{small|(DC.) Dorr}} - Mauritius * Subgenus Ruizia **''Ruizia cordata'' {{small|Cav.}} – Réunion * Subgenus Dombeya **''Dombeya ferruginea'' {{small|(Cav.) Dorr}} – Mascarene Islands **''Dombeya mauritiana'' {{small|(F.Friedmann) Dorr}} – Mauritius ** Dombeya parviflora {{small|(Bojer ex Baker) Dorr}} - Mauritius (Mount Corps de garde) **''Ruizia populnea'' {{small|(Cav.) Dorr}} – Mascarene Islands **''{{extinct}}? Ruizia rosea'' {{small|(Lindl.) Dorr}} – Mauritius **''Ruizia sevathianii'' {{small|(Le Péchon & Baider) Dorr}} – Mauritius **''Ruizia tremula'' {{small|(Hochr.) Dorr}} – southwestern Madagascar

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Dombeyoideae Category:Malvaceae genera Category:Flora of Madagascar Category:Flora of the Mascarene Islands Category:Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles