Pierranthus

<i>Pierranthus</i>

Pierranthus

Species of flowering plant

Pierranthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae. The only known species is Pierranthus capitatus (Bonati) Bonati.[2]

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Its native range is Indo-China and it is found in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.[1]

The genus name of Pierranthus is in honour of Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (1833–1905), a French botanist known for his Asian studies.[3] The genus has one known synonym of Delpya Pierre ex Bonati.[2] The Latin specific epithet of capitatus is derived from capitate meaning having dense-headed growth.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, séries 2, Vol.4 n page 254 in 1912.[1][2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Pierranthus capitatus (Bonati) Bonati". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Pierranthus Bonati | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. [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. [4]
    Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
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