Biology:Whitmorea

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Whitmorea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Aquifoliales
Family: Stemonuraceae
Genus: Whitmorea
Sleumer
Species:
W. grandiflora
Binomial name
Whitmorea grandiflora
Sleumer

Whitmorea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Stemonuraceae. It only contains one known species, Whitmorea grandiflora.[1]

It is native to the Solomon Islands.[1]

The genus name of Whitmorea is in honour of Timothy Charles Whitmore (1935–2002), an English ecologist, botanist, geologist and climatologist.[2] The Latin specific epithet of grandiflora means large flower from Grandis large and flora meaning flower.[3] Both the genus and the species wre first described and published in Blumea Vol.17 on pages 263-264 in 1969.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Whitmorea Sleumer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19910-1. 
  2. 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. 
  3. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X. 

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