Merrilliopanax

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Merrilliopanax
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Subfamily: Aralioideae
Genus: Merrilliopanax
H.L.Li
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Merrilliopanax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, comprising 3 species of the subgenus Airampora . They are found in western China, Myanmar, northeast India, Bhutan, and Nepal. [1]

The genus name of Merrilliopanax is in honour of Elmer Drew Merrill (1876–1956), an American botanist and taxonomist, [2] and also panax meaning "all-healing" in Greek. [3] The genus was first described and published in Sargentia Vol.2 on page 62 in 1942. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Qibai Xiang & Porter P. Lowry. "Merrilliopanax". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   184533731X.
  4. ↑ "Merrilliopanax H.L.Li | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 October 2021.


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