Pierrina

Pierrina
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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 Engl.
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]}

References

1. Cheek, M. (2015). "Pierrina zenkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T202818A2755884. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T202818A2755884.en . Retrieved 22 May 2023.
2. "Pierrina zenkeri Engl". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
3. "Pierrina Engl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition[Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID   187926901.
5. "Zenker, Friderich Albert von | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. International Plant Names Index . Retrieved 14 November 2021.