Doerpfeldia

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Doerpfeldia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rhamnaceae. The only species is Doerpfeldia cubensis.{{cite web |title=Doerpfeldia Urb. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:296504-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=en}}

It is native to Cuba.

Its genus name is in honour of Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853–1940), a German archaeologist,{{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 |access-date=1 January 2021}} and the Latin epithet of cubensis means "coming from Cuba".

Previously, it was known as Sarcomphalus cubensis Britton in 1920, before Ignatz Urban moved the genus into a separate genus of Doerpfeldia and then published it in Symb. Antill. Vol.9 on page 218.{{cite web |title=Doerpfeldia cubensis (Britton) Urb. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:82775-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=29 August 2021 |language=en}}