Biology:Pranceacanthus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Pranceacanthus Wassh. |
Pranceacanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Pranceacanthus coccineus Wassh. [1]
It is native to Bolivia and (northern and west central) Brazil.[1]
The genus name of Pranceacanthus is in honour of Ghillean Prance (b. 1937), a prominent British botanist and ecologist who has published extensively on the taxonomy of families such as Chrysobalanaceae and Lecythidaceae.[2] The Latin specific epithet of coccineus means scarlet and is derived from coccum..[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Brittonia Vol.36 on page 1 in 1984.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Pranceacanthus Wassh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:893411-1.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
Wikidata ☰ Q5637628 entry
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