Biology:Lethia umbellata
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Lethia umbellata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Lethia |
| Species: | L. umbellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lethia umbellata (Klatt) Ravenna
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Lethia umbellata is a species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described in 1986. It is the only species in the monotypic genus of Lethia, and is native to Brazil and Bolivia.[1]
The genus name of Lethia is named after the Greek mythology, Lethe; which is also referred to as Lemosyne and was one of the five rivers of the underworld of Hades. Which "alludes to the neglected species which, since the original collection by Sello (in 1818), was still waiting to be rediscovered".[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Pierfelice Ravenna in Nordic J. Bot. vol.6 (Issue 5) on page 585 in 1986.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lethia umbellata (Klatt) Ravenna | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:279590-2.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Lethia Ravenna | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:924994-1.
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