Peterodendron

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Peterodendron
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Achariaceae
Genus: Peterodendron
Sleumer
Species:
P. ovatum
Binomial name
Peterodendron ovatum
(Sleumer) Sleumer
Synonyms [1]

Poggea ovataSleumer

Peterodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Achariaceae. The only species is Peterodendron ovatum. [2]

It is native to Tanzania. [1]

The genus name of Peterodendron is in honour of Gustav Albert Peter (1853–1937), a German botanist. [3] The Latin specific epithet of ovatum means egg, it is derived from ovum. [4] It was first described and published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem Vol.13 on page 357 in 1936. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Peterodendron ovatum (Sleumer) Sleumer". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Peterodendron Sleumer | 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. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   978-1845337315.