Sandemania | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Melastomataceae |
Genus: |
Sandemania Gleason |
Species: | S. hoehnei
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Binomial name | |
Sandemania hoehnei | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Sandemania is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. The only known species is Sandemania hoehnei. [2]
Its native range is southern Tropical America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil (northern and west-central), Peru and Venezuela. [2]
The genus name of Sandemania is in honour of Christopher Albert Walter Sandeman (1882–1951), an English botanist and traveler. He collected in South America. [3] The Latin specific epithet of hoehnei refers to Frederico Carlos Hoehne (1882–1959), a Brazilian botanist. [4] The genus was first described and published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939, onpage 480 in 1939. [2] The species was then first published in Phytologia Vol.20 on page 370 in 1970. [1]
Sandemania | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Melastomataceae |
Genus: |
Sandemania Gleason |
Species: | S. hoehnei
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Binomial name | |
Sandemania hoehnei | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Sandemania is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. The only known species is Sandemania hoehnei. [2]
Its native range is southern Tropical America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil (northern and west-central), Peru and Venezuela. [2]
The genus name of Sandemania is in honour of Christopher Albert Walter Sandeman (1882–1951), an English botanist and traveler. He collected in South America. [3] The Latin specific epithet of hoehnei refers to Frederico Carlos Hoehne (1882–1959), a Brazilian botanist. [4] The genus was first described and published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939, onpage 480 in 1939. [2] The species was then first published in Phytologia Vol.20 on page 370 in 1970. [1]