Hallianthus

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Hallianthus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Hallianthus
H.E.K.Hartmann
Synonyms
  • Leipoldtia compressaL.Bolus
  • Leipoldtia plana(L.Bolus) L.Bolus

Hallianthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. [1] It only contains one species, Hallianthus planus(L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann [2]

It is native to the Cape Provinces of the South African Republic. [2]

The genus name of Hallianthus is in honour of Harry Hall (1906–1986), a British-born horticulturist, botanist and succulent plant authority. [3] The Latin specific epithet of planus refers to flat. [4] Hallianthus planus was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.104 on page 167 in 1983. [2]

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References

  1. "Hallianthus H.E.K.Hartmann | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hallianthus planus (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-2676-9.
  4. Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780199102051.