Biology:Thepparatia

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Thepparatia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Thepparatia
Phuph. (2006)
Species:
T. scandens
Binomial name
Thepparatia scandens
(Roxb. ex G.Don) Phuph. (2019)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hibiscus scandens Roxb. ex G.Don (1831)
  • Phuph. (2006) Thepparatia thailandica

Thepparatia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, the liana Thepparatia scandens.[2][1]

Its native range is from the Indian subcontinent to parts of Indo-China. It is found in the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalaya, India, Myanmar and Thailand.[2]

The genus name of Thepparatia is in honour of Sirindhorn (b. 1955), Thailand princess. (Thais commonly refer to her as "Phra Thep", meaning "princess angel").[3] The Latin specific epithet of scandens means climbing, as derived from scando.[4] The genus was first described and published in Thai Forest Bull., Bot. Vol.34 on page 195 in 2006.[2] The species was published in Fl. Thailand Vol.14 (Issue 2) on page 329 in 2019.[1]

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