Acunaeanthus

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Acunaeanthus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Acunaeanthus
Borhidi, Komlodi & Moncada
Species:
A. tinifolius
Binomial name
Acunaeanthus tinifolius
(Griseb.) Borhidi, Komlodi & Moncada
Synonyms [1]
  • Mazaea tinifolia(Griseb.) Alain
  • Neomazaea tinifolia(Griseb.) Urb.
  • Rondeletia tinifoliaGriseb.
  • Exostema leonisStandl.

Acunaeanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family of Rubiaceae . The genus contains only one known species; Acunaeanthus tinifolius, which is endemic to Cuba. [1]

The genus name of Acunaeanthus is in honour of Julián Acuña Galé (1900–1973), a Cuban botanist who served as director of the Agricultural Experimental Station in Santiago de Las Vegas. [2] The Latin specific epithet of tinifolius with leaves like Laurustinus ( Viburnum tinus ). [3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. Vol.26 on page 282 (1980, published in 1981). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Acunaeanthus Borhidi, Komlódi & Moncada | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Hugh F. Glen Sappi What's in a Name: The Meanings of the Botanical Names of Trees (2004) , p. 69, at Google Books


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