Nepsera

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Nepsera
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Nepsera
Naudin
Species:
N. aquatica
Binomial name
Nepsera aquatica
Naudin
Synonyms [1]
Synonyms
  • Aciotis aquatica G.Don
  • Aciotis sieberi Triana
  • Homonoma aridum Bello
  • Melastoma aquaticum Aubl.
  • Rhexia aquatica Sw.
  • Spennera aquatica Mart. ex DC.
  • Spennera asphalti Crueg.
  • Spennera hydrophila Miq.
  • Spennera sieberi Steud.
  • Tibouchina aquatica M.Gómez
  • Xeracina aquatica Raf.

Nepsera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. [2] The only species is Nepsera aquatica. [1]

Its native range is Tropical America. It is found in the countries of Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela and the Windward Islands. [1]

The genus name of Nepsera is in honour of Fridolin Karl Leopold Spenner (1798–1841), a German doctor and botanist. He was also director of the university botanical garden in Freiburg and professor of medical botany. [3] The genus has a synonym, HomonomaBello. [2] The Latin specific epithet of aquatica which is derived from "aquaticus" meaning in water. [4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 13: 28 (1850. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Nepsera aquatica Naudin". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Nepsera Naudin | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 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. ↑ Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780199102051.
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