Larsenaikia

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Larsenaikia
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Illustration (lower half) of a species of Larsenaikia, L. ochreata (drawn as Gardenia ochreata, number 215).
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Gardenieae
Genus: Larsenaikia
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Species

Larsenaikia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gardenieae of the family Rubiaceae. [1] Its native range is Eastern and Northern Australia. [1] [2]

It contains three species — L. jardinei , L. ochreata , and L. suffruticosa — formerly classified in Gardenia , and possibly belonging to Kailarsenia . [3]

Larsenaikia is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the confamilial genus Kailarsenia. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring Kai Larsen, professor of botany at Århus University, Denmark. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Tirvengadum, D. D. (1993). "Larsenaikia, a new genus of the Rubiaceae from Australia". Nordic Journal of Botany. 13 (2): 175–184. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00034.x. ISSN   1756-1051.
  2. "Larsenaikia Tirveng. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  3. Puttock, Christopher F. (1994). "The morphology and generic position of Australian Kailarsenia (Rubiaceae: Gardenieae)". Nordic Journal of Botany. 14 (5): 515–526. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1994.tb00645.x. ISSN   1756-1051.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. K2. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID   187926901.