Maclaudia

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Maclaudia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Maclaudia
Venter & R.L.Verh.
Species:
M. felixii
Binomial name
Maclaudia felixii
Venter & R.L.Verh.

Maclaudia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae. [2] It only contains one known species, Maclaudia felixii Venter & R.L.Verh. [3]

Its native range is western and western central Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Cameroon and Guinea. [3]

The genus name of Maclaudia is in honour of Charles Maclaud (1866–1933), French doctor and zoologist; plant and animal collector. [4] The Latin specific epithet of felixii refers to botanist Henri Jacques-Félix, (1907-2008) (Jacq.-Fél.) who is also honoured in the naming of Pitcairnia feliciana . In Paris, Botanists Venter & R.L.Verh. had been studying unknown specimens of plants collected by Maclaud in 1907 from Guinea. In 1937, Henri Jacques-Félix found more specimens of the same plant. Venter & R.L.Verh. realised that they had found a new genus and species and then named it after the 2 plant collectors from the region. [5] Both genus and species were then first described and published by Venter & R.L.Verh. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. Vol.115 on pages 58-59 in 1994. [3]

It grows in forests and savannah. [1]

It is threatened by farming activities and mining & quarrying actions. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Cheek, Martin (25 March 2011). "Species: Maclaudia felixii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Maclaudia Venter & R.L.Verh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Maclaudia felixii Venter & R.L.Verh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Jacques-Félix, Henri. "The Discovery of a Bromeliad in Africa". Selbyana . 21 (1/2): 118–124.
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