Solonia

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Solonia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Solonia
Urb.
Species:
S. reflexa
Binomial name
Solonia reflexa
Urb.
Synonyms [1]

Walleniella cubanaP.Wilson

Solonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Primulaceae, with just contains one species, Solonia reflexaUrb. [2]

It grows as a shrub and is native to Cuba. [2]

The genus name of Solonia is in honour of Solon (c. 640 BC – c. 560 BC), an Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet. [3] The Latin specific epithet of reflexa means bent backwards or reflexed from reflecto. [4] Both the genus and the species were first described by Ignatz Urban and published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Vol.18 on pages 22–23 in 1922. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Solonia reflexa Urb". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Solonia Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 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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