Petersianthus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Lecythidaceae |
Genus: |
Petersianthus Merr. |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Petersianthus is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1865 under the name Petersia. [3] [4] This turned out to be an illegitimate homonym, meaning that it had already been used by someone else to refer to a very different plant. [5] [6] So the name of these species in the Lecythidaceae was changed to Petersianthus. [7] [8] It is native to the Philippines and to parts of Africa. [1] The following two species belong to this genus, with the basionyms of both taxa belonging to what is known today as the family Combretaceae.
Petersianthus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Lecythidaceae |
Genus: |
Petersianthus Merr. |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Petersianthus is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1865 under the name Petersia. [3] [4] This turned out to be an illegitimate homonym, meaning that it had already been used by someone else to refer to a very different plant. [5] [6] So the name of these species in the Lecythidaceae was changed to Petersianthus. [7] [8] It is native to the Philippines and to parts of Africa. [1] The following two species belong to this genus, with the basionyms of both taxa belonging to what is known today as the family Combretaceae.