Marcania

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Marcania
J.B.Imlay

Marcania is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. [1] It only contains one known species, Marcania grandifloraJ.B.Imlay [2]

It is native to Thailand within Indo-China. [2]

The genus name of Marcania is in honour of Alexander Marcan (1883–1953), an English collector of plants in south-east Asia and Thailand. [3] The Latin specific epithet of grandiflora refers 2 two words, 'grandi' meaning large and 'flora' meaning flower. [4] Both the genus and species were first described and published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939 on page 136 in 1939. [2]


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References

  1. ↑ "Marcania J.B.Imlay | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Marcania grandiflora J.B.Imlay | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   184533731X.
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