Biology:Standleyanthus

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Standleyanthus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Standleyanthus
R.M.King & H.Rob
Species:
S. triptychus
Binomial name
Standleyanthus triptychus
(B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob[1]
Synonyms[2]

Eupatorium triptychum B.L.Rob.

Standleyanthus is a genus of Central American plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.[1][3][4]

The genus is named after US botanist Paul Carpenter Standley (1884-1963).[5][6] The Latin specific epithet of triptychus is a compound word with 'tri' meaning three and 'ptychus' meaning plate.[7]

Species

The only known species is Standleyanthus triptychus, which is native to Costa Rica.[2][8]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1971. Phytologia 22(1): 41-42 description in Latin, commentary in English
  2. 2.0 2.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
  4. Tropicos, Standleyanthus R.M. King & H. Rob.
  5. Williams, Louis O. "Paul Carpenter Standley". Taxon, vol 7. 1963.
  6. Washington Biologists' Field Club, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Paul Carpenter Standley
  7. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X. 
  8. "Standleyanthus R.M.King & H.Rob. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295522-2. 

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