Kirkia

Kirkia is a genus of plant in family Kirkiaceae. It was previously placed in family Simaroubaceae, but was transferred into Kirkiaceae, together with Pleiokirkia, because these genera produce neither quassinoids nor limonoids.
The genus name of Kirkia is in honour of John [Kirk |Sir John Kirk], , who was a physician, naturalist, companion to explorer David Livingstone, and British administrator in Zanzibar.

Species

It contains the following species :

Kirkia acuminata Daniel [Oliver |Oliv.], 1868, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, SW-Angola, SE-D.R. Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
Kirkia burgeri B. Stannard Ethiopia; Somalia
Kirkia dewinteri Merxm. & Heine, 1960 Namibia
Kirkia leandrii Stannard, 2007 Madagascar; syn.: Pleiokirkia leandrii Capuron, 1961
Kirkia tenuifolia Engl., 1902 SE-Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya
Kirkia wilmsii Engl., South Africa
Journal

'Kirkia' is also the name of 'The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany', published by the National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe. Since 1960 to the present day and written in English.