Wittmackanthus

Wittmackanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Dialypetalantheae
Genus:	Wittmackanthus ; Kuntze
Species:	W. stanleyanus
Binomial name
	Wittmackanthus stanleyanus; (M.R.Schomb.) Kuntze
Synonyms
	Alseis darienensisDwyer ; Calycophyllum stanleyanumM.R.Schomb. ; Pallasia stanleyana(M.R.Schomb.) Klotzsch ; Rondeletia dukeiDwyer & M.V.Hayden ;

Last updated June 19, 2023

Wittmackanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, Wittmackanthus stanleyanus, which is found in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Guyana.^[1]

The genus has one known synonym of Pallasia Klotzsch ^[2] The genus name of Wittmackanthus is in honour of Ludwig Wittmack (1839–1929), a German botanist.^[3] The specific epithet honors the British Colonial Secretary, Lord Stanley.^[4] Both the genus and the species were described and published by Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. Vol.1 on page 302 in 1891.^[2]

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References

↑ "Wittmackanthus in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae" . Retrieved 22 June 2012.
1 2 "Wittmackanthus Kuntze | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
↑ 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.
↑ Description of a new Species of Calycophyllum from British Guiana; by the Chevalier Robt. H. Schomburgk, Ph. D. The London journal of botany. vol. 3. pages 621-623. 1844.

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[WCSP-1] "Wittmackanthus in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae" . Retrieved 22 June 2012.

[POWO-2] 1 2 "Wittmackanthus Kuntze | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

[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] Description of a new Species of Calycophyllum from British Guiana; by the Chevalier Robt. H. Schomburgk, Ph. D. The London journal of botany. vol. 3. pages 621-623. 1844.

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