Biology:Neomortonia

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Short description: Species of plant

Neomortonia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Neomortonia
Wiehler
Synonyms

Neomortonia alba Wiehler

Neomortonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.[1] It just contains one species, Neomortonia rosea Wiehler [2]

Its native range is Costa Rica to Ecuador. It is also found in Colombia and Panamá.[2]

The genus name of Neomortonia is in honour of Conrad Vernon Morton (1905–1972), an American botanist who did notable writings on Ferns. He was also a specialist in Gesneriaceae and Solanaceae for the Smithsonian Institution from 1928.[3] The Latin specific epithet of rosea refers to being rose-like.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Selbyana Vol.1 on page 17 in 1975.[2]

References

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