Pierranthus

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Pierranthus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Linderniaceae
Genus: Pierranthus
Bonati
Species:
P. capitatus
Binomial name
Pierranthus capitatus
(Bonati) Bonati
Synonyms [1]
  • Vandellia capitataBonati
  • Delpya capitata(Bonati) Bonati
  • Delpya cochinchinensisPierre ex Bonati

Pierranthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae. The only known species is Pierranthus capitatus(Bonati) Bonati. [2]

Its native range is Indo-China and it is found in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. [1]

The genus name of Pierranthus is in honour of Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (1833–1905), a French botanist known for his Asian studies. [3] The genus has one known synonym of DelpyaPierre ex Bonati. [2] The Latin specific epithet of capitatus is derived from capitate meaning having dense-headed growth. [4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, séries 2, Vol.4 n page 254 in 1912. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pierranthus capitatus (Bonati) Bonati". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Pierranthus Bonati | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 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   184533731X.
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