Sheilanthera | |
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A herbarium collection of Sheilanthera pubens from Auckland Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Subfamily: | Zanthoxyloideae |
Genus: | Sheilanthera I.Williams |
Species: | S. pubens |
Binomial name | |
Sheilanthera pubens I.Williams | |
Sheilanthera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. The only known species is Sheilanthera pubens. [1]
It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. [1]
The genus name of Sheilanthera is in honour of Sheila Williams, wife and colleague of Ion James Muirhead Williams (1912–2001), a South African botanist and author of the genus. [2] The Latin specific epithet of pubens means fuzzy or pubescent, derived from pubesco. [3] It was first described and published in J. S. African Bot. Vol.47 on page 761 in 1981. [1]
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