Merrilliopanax | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Araliaceae |
Subfamily: | Aralioideae |
Genus: | Merrilliopanax H.L.Li |
Species | |
Merrilliopanax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, comprising 3 species of the subgenus Airampora . They are found in western China, Myanmar, northeast India, Bhutan, and Nepal. [1]
The genus name of Merrilliopanax is in honour of Elmer Drew Merrill (1876–1956), an American botanist and taxonomist, [2] and also panax meaning "all-healing" in Greek. [3] The genus was first described and published in Sargentia Vol.2 on page 62 in 1942. [4]
Julian Alfred Steyermark was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae.
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