# Ruizia

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{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
{{automatic taxobox
|image = Ruizia cordata.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Ruizia cordata](/source/Ruizia_cordata)''
|taxon = Ruizia
|authority = [Cav.](/source/Cav.) (1786)
|synonyms = 
* ''Astiria'' {{small|Lindl. (1844)}}
* ''[Trochetia](/source/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](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)''. Retrieved 25 June 2023.</ref>
}}

'''''Ruizia''''' is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s belonging to the family [Malvaceae](/source/Malvaceae). It contains 13 species native mostly to the [Mascarene Islands](/source/Mascarene_Islands) ([Mauritius](/source/Mauritius) and [Réunion](/source/R%C3%A9union)), and one species native to [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar).<ref name = powo/>

The genus was described in 1786 by [Antonio José Cavanilles](/source/Antonio_Jos%C3%A9_Cavanilles), and named for Spanish botanist [Hipólito Ruiz López](/source/Hip%C3%B3lito_Ruiz_L%C3%B3pez) (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](/source/Ruizia_cordata)'', [endemic](/source/endemic) to [Réunion](/source/R%C3%A9union). In 2021 the genus was re-circumscribed to include the genus ''Trochetia'' and several species formerly classed in genus ''[Dombeya](/source/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](/source/Trochetia)
**''[Trochetia blackburniana](/source/Trochetia_blackburniana)'' {{small|(Bojer ex Baker) [Dorr](/source/Laurence_Joseph_Dorr)}} – Mauritius
**''[Trochetia boutoniana](/source/Trochetia_boutoniana)'' {{small|(F.Friedmann) Dorr}} – Mauritius
**  [Trochetia granulata](/source/Trochetia_granulata)   {{small|(Cordem.) Dorr}} - Reunion
**  [Trochetia parviflora](/source/Trochetia_parviflora)   {{small|(Bojer ex Baker) Dorr}} - Mauritius (Mount [Corps de Garde](/source/Corps_de_Garde))
**  [Trochetia triflora](/source/Trochetia_triflora)   {{small|(DC.) Dorr}} - Mauritius 
**  [Trochetia uniflora](/source/Trochetia_uniflora)   {{small|(DC.) Dorr}} - Mauritius 
* Subgenus Ruizia
**''[Ruizia cordata](/source/Ruizia_cordata)'' {{small|Cav.}} – Réunion
* Subgenus Dombeya
**''[Dombeya ferruginea](/source/Dombeya_ferruginea)'' {{small|(Cav.) Dorr}} – Mascarene Islands
**''[Dombeya mauritiana](/source/Dombeya_mauritiana)'' {{small|(F.Friedmann) Dorr}} – Mauritius
**  [Dombeya parviflora](/source/Trochetia_parviflora)  {{small|(Bojer ex Baker) Dorr}} - Mauritius (Mount [Corps de garde](/source/Corps_de_garde))
**''[Ruizia populnea](/source/Ruizia_populnea)'' {{small|(Cav.) Dorr}} – Mascarene Islands
**''{{extinct}}? [Ruizia rosea](/source/Ruizia_rosea)'' {{small|(Lindl.) Dorr}} – Mauritius
**''[Ruizia sevathianii](/source/Ruizia_sevathianii)'' {{small|(Le Péchon & Baider) Dorr}} – Mauritius
**''[Ruizia tremula](/source/Ruizia_tremula)'' {{small|(Hochr.) Dorr}} – southwestern Madagascar

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

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