Goetzea

Goetzea is a genus of plant in the family Solanaceae. It was originally placed by H. Wydler in the family Ebenaceae and named for his teacher the Rev. Johann August Ephraim Goetze.^[1] It was for about half a century included in the now defunct family Goetzeaceae Miers ex Airy Shaw ^[2]

Goetzea
Goetzea elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Subfamily:	Goetzeoideae
Genus:	Goetzea Wydler

Note

This is not to be confused with Goetzea, Rchb., a genus belonging to the Fabaceae (the bean family).

Species

• Goetzea amoena Griseb.
• Goetzea eggersii Urban ex Radlk.
• Goetzea ekmanii O.E.Schulz ex O.C.Schmidt
• Goetzea elegans Wydler

Notes

• Santiago-Valentin, E.; Olmstead, R.G. (2003). "Phylogenetics of the Antillean Goetzeoideae (Solanaceae) and Their Relationships within the Solanaceae based on Chloroplast and ITS DNA Sequence Data" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 28 (2): 452–460. doi:10.1043/0363-6445-28.2.452 (inactive 12 July 2025). JSTOR 3094013.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)