Mortoniella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Rauvolfioideae |
Tribe: | Plumerieae |
Subtribe: | Plumeriinae |
Genus: |
Mortoniella Woodson |
Species: | M. pittieri
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Binomial name | |
Mortoniella pittieri | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Mortoniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1939. It contains only one known species, Mortoniella pittieri, native to Central America ( Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua). [2] [3] [4] [5]
The genus name of Mortoniella is in honour of Conrad Vernon Morton (1905–1972), an American botanist who did notable writings on Ferns. [6] It was first described and published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol.26 on page 257 in 1939. [1]
Mortoniella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Rauvolfioideae |
Tribe: | Plumerieae |
Subtribe: | Plumeriinae |
Genus: |
Mortoniella Woodson |
Species: | M. pittieri
|
Binomial name | |
Mortoniella pittieri | |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Mortoniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1939. It contains only one known species, Mortoniella pittieri, native to Central America ( Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua). [2] [3] [4] [5]
The genus name of Mortoniella is in honour of Conrad Vernon Morton (1905–1972), an American botanist who did notable writings on Ferns. [6] It was first described and published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol.26 on page 257 in 1939. [1]