Pierrina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Lecythidaceae |
Subfamily: | Scytopetaloideae |
Genus: | Pierrina Engl. |
Species: | P. zenkeri |
Binomial name | |
Pierrina zenkeri | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Pierrina longifoliaEngl. |
Pierrina is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lecythidaceae. [3] It only contains one known species, Pierrina zenkeri.
It is native to Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon. [2]
The genus name of Pierrina is in honour of Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (1833–1905), a French botanist known for his Asian studies. [4] The Latin specific epithet of zenkeri is derived from botanist Friderich Albert von Zenker (1825-1898). [5] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.43 on pages 374-376 in 1909. [2] [3]
Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie was a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar.
Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and phytogeography, such as Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, edited with Karl A. E. von Prantl.
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