Marcania | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Acanthaceae |
Genus: |
Marcania J.B.Imlay (1939) |
Species: | M. grandiflora
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Binomial name | |
Marcania grandiflora J.B.Imlay (1939)
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Marcania is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. [1] It only contains one known species, Marcania grandiflora J.B.Imlay [2]
It is native to Thailand within Indo-China. [2]
The genus name of Marcania is in honour of Alexander Marcan (1883–1953), an English collector of plants in south-east Asia and Thailand. [3] The Latin specific epithet of grandiflora refers 2 two words, 'grandi' meaning large and 'flora' meaning flower. [4] Both the genus and species were first described and published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939 on page 136 in 1939. [2]
Marcania | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Acanthaceae |
Genus: |
Marcania J.B.Imlay (1939) |
Species: | M. grandiflora
|
Binomial name | |
Marcania grandiflora J.B.Imlay (1939)
|
Marcania is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. [1] It only contains one known species, Marcania grandiflora J.B.Imlay [2]
It is native to Thailand within Indo-China. [2]
The genus name of Marcania is in honour of Alexander Marcan (1883–1953), an English collector of plants in south-east Asia and Thailand. [3] The Latin specific epithet of grandiflora refers 2 two words, 'grandi' meaning large and 'flora' meaning flower. [4] Both the genus and species were first described and published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939 on page 136 in 1939. [2]