Petelotiella

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Petelotiella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Tribe: Elatostemateae
Genus: Petelotiella
Gagnep.
Species:
P. tonkinensis
Binomial name
Petelotiella tonkinensis
(Gagnep.) Gagnep.
Synonyms [1]

Petelotia tonkinensisGagnep.

Petelotiella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Urticaceae. [2] It contains just one species, Petelotiella tonkinensis.

It is native to Vietnam. [1]

The genus name of Petelotiella is in honour of Paul Alfred Pételot (1885–1965), a French botanist and entomologist, whose primary scholarly focus was on medicinal plants in Southeast Asia. [3] The genus has the former name of PetelotiaGagnep. [2]

The Latin specific epithet of tonkinensis means "of Tonkin (a French protectorate encompassing modern Northern Vietnam, 1883–1945 and 1945–1948).

Both the genus and the species were first described and published in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine Vol.5 on page 873 in 1929. [2] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Petelotiella tonkinensis (Gagnep.) Gagnep". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Petelotiella Gagnep. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 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.