Whittonia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Peridiscaceae |
Genus: |
Whittonia Sandwith |
Species: | W. guianensis
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Binomial name | |
Whittonia guianensis Sandwith
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Whittonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Peridiscaceae. It only contains one known species, Whittonia guianensis. [1]
The genus name of Whittonia is in honour of Brian Alan Whitton (b. 1935), an English botanist at Durham University. [2] The Latin specific epithet of guianensis means "of the Guianas" (an area of north eastern South America). [3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Kew Bull. Vol.15 on page 468 (written 1961, publblished in 1962). [1]
Whittonia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Peridiscaceae |
Genus: |
Whittonia Sandwith |
Species: | W. guianensis
|
Binomial name | |
Whittonia guianensis Sandwith
|
Whittonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Peridiscaceae. It only contains one known species, Whittonia guianensis. [1]
The genus name of Whittonia is in honour of Brian Alan Whitton (b. 1935), an English botanist at Durham University. [2] The Latin specific epithet of guianensis means "of the Guianas" (an area of north eastern South America). [3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Kew Bull. Vol.15 on page 468 (written 1961, publblished in 1962). [1]