Neobrittonia

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Neobrittonia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Neobrittonia
Hochr.
Synonyms
  • Abutilon acerifoliumG.Don
  • Abutilon discissum(Bertol.) Schltdl.
  • Sida acerifoliaLag.
  • Sida discissaBertol.
  • Sida palmataSessé & Moc.
  • Sida palmataDC.

Neobrittonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. [1] It only contains one known species, Neobrittonia acerifolia [2]

Its native range is central Mexico and parts of Central America. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panamá [2]

The genus name of Neobrittonia is in honour of Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859–1934), an American botanist and taxonomist who co-founded the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York. [3] The Latin specific epithet of acerifolia is a compound, 'aceri-' refers to the tree/shrub species acer and -'folia' refers to foliage. [4] Meaning the plant has foliage similar to a maple plant. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève Vol.9 on page 184 in 1905. [2]

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References

  1. "Neobrittonia Hochr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Neobrittonia acerifolia (G.Don) Hochr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 November 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.