Ridleyandra
Ridleyandra | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Genus: | Ridleyandra A.Weber & B.L.Burtt |
Ridleyandra is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.[1]
Its native range is Thailand to western Malesia. It is found in Borneo, Malaya and Thailand.[1]
The genus name of Ridleyandra is in honour of Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855–1956), an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore. He was instrumental in promoting rubber trees in the Malay Peninsula.[2] It was first described and published in Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen Vol.70 on page 171 (written in 1997–1998) publ. 1998.[1]
Known species[]
According to Kew;[1]
- (Ridl.) A.Weber
- (Ridl.) A.Weber
- Kiew
- (Ridl.) A.Weber
- Kiew
- A.Weber
- (Ridl.) A.Weber
- (Ridl.) A.Weber
- Siti-Munirah
- Kiew
- A.Weber
- (Kiew) A.Weber
- (Ridl.) A.Weber
- (Ridl.) A.Weber
- Siti-Munirah & D.Zaharil
- (Franch.) A.Weber
- B.L.Burtt
- Kiew
- (C.B.Clarke) B.L.Burtt
- Kiew
- (Ridl.) A.Weber
- (A.Weber & Kiew) A.Weber
- (Ridl.) A.Weber
- (C.B.Clarke) B.L.Burtt
- (Ridl.) A.Weber
- A.Weber
- (B.L.Burtt) B.L.Burtt
- (B.L.Burtt) B.L.Burtt
- (Ridl.) A.Weber
- (Ridl.) A.Weber
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Ridleyandra A.Weber & B.L.Burtt | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Categories:
- Didymocarpoideae
- Gesneriaceae genera
- Plants described in 1998
- Flora of Borneo
- Flora of Malaya
- Flora of Thailand