Standleyanthus

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Standleyanthus
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Standleyanthus

R.M.King & H.Rob
Binomial name
Standleyanthus triptychus [1]
(B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob
Synonyms[2]

Eupatorium triptychum B.L.Rob.

Standleyanthus is a genus of Central American plants in the boneset tribe within the sunflower family.[1][3][4]

The genus is named after US botanist Paul Carpenter Standley (1884-1963).[5][6] The Latin specific epithet of triptychus is a compound word with 'tri' meaning three and 'ptychus' meaning plate.[7]

Species

The only known species is Standleyanthus triptychus, which is native to Costa Rica.[2][8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1971. Phytologia 22(1): 41-42 description in Latin, commentary in English
  2. ^ a b c Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. ^ D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
  4. ^ Tropicos, Standleyanthus R.M. King & H. Rob.
  5. ^ Williams, Louis O. "Paul Carpenter Standley". Taxon, vol 7. 1963.
  6. ^ Washington Biologists' Field Club, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Paul Carpenter Standley
  7. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
  8. ^ "Standleyanthus R.M.King & H.Rob. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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