Thepparatia

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Thepparatia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Thepparatia
Phuph.
Synonyms [1]
  • Hibiscus scandensRoxb. ex G.Don
  • Thepparatia thailandicaPhuph.

Thepparatia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. [2] It only contains one known species, Thepparatia scandens(Roxb. ex G.Don) Phuph. [2] [1]

Its native range is from the Indian subcontinent to parts of Indo-China. It is found in the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalaya, India, Myanmar and Thailand. [2]

The genus name of Thepparatia is in honour of Sirindhorn (b. 1955), Thailand princess. (Thais commonly refer to her as "Phra Thep", meaning "princess angel"). [3] The Latin specific epithet of scandens means climbing, as derived from scando. [4] The genus was first described and published in Thai Forest Bull., Bot. Vol.34 on page 195 in 2006. [2] The species was published in Fl. Thailand Vol.14 (Issue 2) on page 329 in 2019. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Thepparatia scandens (Roxb. ex G.Don) Phuph". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Thepparatia Phuph. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 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   184533731X.
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