Biology:Thawatchaia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Thawatchaia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Podostemaceae
Genus: Thawatchaia
M.Kato, Koi & Y.Kita

Thawatchaia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae.[1]

The genus name of Thawatchaia is in honour of Thawatchai Santisuk (b. 1944), a Thai herbarium director in Bangkok, and also, Thawatchai Wongprasert (fl. 2000), a plant collector.[2] It was first described and published in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. Vol.55 on page 66 in 2004.[1]

It is native range to Thailand and Laos.[1]

Known species

Accepted by Kew:[1]

  • Thawatchaia laotica Koi & M.Kato
  • Thawatchaia trilobata M.Kato, Koi & Y.Kita

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21078640 entry