Biology:Wittmackanthus

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Wittmackanthus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Dialypetalantheae
Genus: Wittmackanthus
Kuntze
Species:
W. stanleyanus
Binomial name
Wittmackanthus stanleyanus
(M.R.Schomb.) Kuntze
Synonyms
  • (M.R.Schomb.) Klotzsch Dwyer
  • Dwyer & M.V.Hayden Calycophyllum stanleyanum
  • Alseis darienensis M.R.Schomb.
  • Pallasia stanleyana Rondeletia dukei

Wittmackanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, Wittmackanthus stanleyanus, which is found in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Guyana.[1]

The genus has one known synonym of Pallasia Klotzsch[2] The genus name of Wittmackanthus is in honour of Ludwig Wittmack (1839–1929), a German botanist.[3] The specific epithet honors the British Colonial Secretary, Lord Stanley.[4] Both the genus and the species were described and published by Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. Vol.1 on page 302 in 1891.[2]

References

  1. "Wittmackanthus in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Wittmackanthus. Retrieved 22 June 2012. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Wittmackanthus Kuntze | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:289055-2. 
  3. 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. 
  4. Description of a new Species of Calycophyllum from British Guiana; by the Chevalier Robt. H. Schomburgk, Ph. D. The London journal of botany. vol. 3. pages 621-623. 1844.[1]

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q9096214 entry