Petersianthus
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Petersianthus is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1865 under the name Petersia.[3][4] This turned out to be an illegitimate homonym, meaning that it had already been used by someone else to refer to a very different plant.[5][6] So the name of these species in the Lecythidaceae was changed to Petersianthus.[7][8] It is native to the Philippines and to parts of Africa.[2]
- species[2]
- Petersianthus macrocarpus (P.Beauv.) Liben - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cabinda, Gabon, Angola
- Petersianthus quadrialatus (Merr.) Merr. - Philippines
References
- ^ Tropicos, Petersia rosea Klotzsch
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Welwitsch, Friedrich Martin Josef. 1865. ex Bentham, George, Genera plantarum :ad exemplaria imprimis in Herberiis Kewensibus servata definita 1: 721. in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Petersia Welw. ex Benth.
- ^ Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1861. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique 168
- ^ Tropicos, Petersia Klotzsch
- ^ Merrill, Elmer Drew. 1916. Philippine Journal of Science 11: 200-201 in English
- ^ Tropicos, Petersianthus Merr.
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