Johnstonalia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Johnstonalia
Tortosa
Species:
J. axilliflora
Binomial name
Johnstonalia axilliflora
(M.C.Johnst.) Tortosa
Synonyms
  • Gouania axilliflora M.C.Johnst.
  • Johnstonia axilliflora (M.C.Johnst.) Tortosa

Johnstonalia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rhamnaceae.[1] The only species is Johnstonalia axilliflora (M.C.Johnst.) Tortosa [2]

It is native to Peru.[2]

The genus name of Johnstonalia is in honour of Marshall Conring Johnston (b. 1930), an American botanist who made several explorations in Mexico and specialized in plants in the family Gesneriaceae.[3] The Latin specific epithet of axilliflora refers to axillary meaning borne in or arising from the axil (the junction of leaf and stem) and also 'flora' meaning flower. Both genus and species were first described and published in Novon Vol.16 on page 433 in 2006.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Johnstonalia Tortosa | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Johnstonalia axilliflora (M.C.Johnst.) Tortosa | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  3. ↑ 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.
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