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Mappianthus

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Mappianthus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Icacinales
Family: Icacinaceae
Genus: Mappianthus
Hand.-Mazz.

Mappianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae.[1]

Its native range is southern China to western Malesia. It is found in Assam (India), Bangladesh, Borneo, China, East Himalaya (India), Hainan, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera and Vietnam.[1]

The genus name of Mappianthus is in honour of Marcus Mappus (1666–1736), French doctor and botanist from Alsace and son of Marc or Marcus Mappus (1632–1701).[2] It was first described and published in Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. Vol.58 on page 150 in 1921.[1]

Species, according to Kew:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Mappianthus Hand.-Mazz. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. ^ 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.