Petersianthus

Petersianthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Genus: Petersianthus
Baker f.
Synonyms[1]
  • Petersia Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f. 1865, illegitimate name, not Klotzsch 1861 (syn of Capparis in Capparaceae)[2]
  • Combretodendron A.Chev., not validly published

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.[1]

species[1]
  1. Petersianthus macrocarpus (P.Beauv.) Liben - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cabinda, Gabon, Angola
  2. Petersianthus quadrialatus (Merr.) Merr. - Philippines

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Petersia rosea Klotzsch
  3. ↑ Welwitsch, Friedrich Martin Josef. 1865. ex Bentham, George, Genera plantarum :ad exemplaria imprimis in Herberiis Kewensibus servata definita 1: 721. in Latin
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Petersia Welw. ex Benth.
  5. ↑ Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1861. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique 168
  6. ↑ Tropicos, Petersia Klotzsch
  7. ↑ Merrill, Elmer Drew. 1916. Philippine Journal of Science 11: 200-201 in English
  8. ↑ Tropicos, Petersianthus Merr.