Morsacanthus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Acanthaceae |
Genus: | Morsacanthus Rizzini |
Species: | M. nemoralis |
Binomial name | |
Morsacanthus nemoralis Rizzini | |
Morsacanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. [1] The only species is Morsacanthus nemoralisRizzini. [2]
It is native to southern Brazil. [2]
The genus name of Morsacanthus is in honour of Walter Baptist Mors (1920–2008), a Brazilian chemist who researched useful plants. [3] The Latin specific epithet of nemoralis means coming from the forest. [4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Revista Brasil. Biol. Vol.12 on page 261 in 1952. [2]
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