Quisumbingia

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Quisumbingia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Genus:
Quisumbingia

Merr. 1936
Binomial name
Quisumbingia merrillii
(Schltr.) Merr.
Synonyms
  • Petalonema Schltr. 1915 , illegitimate homonym, not Berk. ex Correns 1889 (Cyanophyceae) nor Gilg. 1897
  • Schlechterianthus Quisumb. 1930
  • Petalonema merrillii Schltr.
  • Schlechterianthus merrillii (Schltr.) Quisumb.

Quisumbingia is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1915. It was initially given the name Petalonema upon discovery. In 1936, it was renamed Quisumbingia because the name Petalonema had already been used for a cyanobacterium.[1][2][3] It contains only one known species, Quisumbingia merrillii, endemic to the Philippines.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ Tropicos: Quisumbingia merrillia
  2. ^ Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1915. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 13: 544
  3. ^ Merrill, Elmer Drew. 1936. Philippine Journal of Science 60: 33
  4. ^ The Plant List.
  5. ^ Tropicos
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