Biology:Pierranthus

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Pierranthus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Linderniaceae
Genus: Pierranthus
Bonati
Species:
P. capitatus
Binomial name
Pierranthus capitatus
(Bonati) Bonati
Synonyms[1]
  • Pierre ex Bonati Bonati
  • Delpya capitata Vandellia capitata
  • (Bonati) Bonati Delpya cochinchinensis

Pierranthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae. The only known species is Pierranthus capitatus (Bonati) Bonati.[2]

Its native range is Indo-China and it is found in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.[1]

The genus name of Pierranthus is in honour of Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (1833–1905), a French botanist known for his Asian studies.[3] The genus has one known synonym of Delpya Pierre ex Bonati.[2] The Latin specific epithet of capitatus is derived from capitate meaning having dense-headed growth.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, séries 2, Vol.4 n page 254 in 1912.[1][2]

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