Purdieanthus

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Purdieanthus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Purdieanthus
Gilg
Species:
P. pulcher
Binomial name
Purdieanthus pulcher
(Hook.) Gilg
Synonyms [1]
  • Helia pulchra(Hook.) Kuntze
  • Lehmanniella pulchra(Hook.) J.E.Simonis ex Maas
  • Lisianthius pulcherHook.

Purdieanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gentianaceae. The only known species is Purdieanthus pulcher. [2]

It is native to Colombia. [1]

The genus name of Purdieanthus is in honour of William Purdie (c. 1817 – 1857), a Scottish gardener at botanical gardens in Edinburgh and Trinidad. He collected plants in Jamaica, Colombia and Venezuela. [3] The Latin specific epithet of pulcher means beautiful.It is derived from feminine pulchra or neuter pulchrum. [4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Vol.4 (Issue 2) on page 99 in 1895. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Purdieanthus pulcher (Hook.) Gilg". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Purdieanthus Gilg | 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.
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