Neobrittonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Neobrittonia
Hochr.
Synonyms
  • Abutilon acerifolium G.Don
  • Abutilon discissum (Bertol.) Schltdl.
  • Sida acerifolia Lag.
  • Sida discissa Bertol.
  • Sida palmata Sessé & Moc.
  • Sida palmata DC.

Neobrittonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Neobrittonia acerifolia [2]

Its native range is central Mexico and parts of Central America. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panamá[2]

The genus name of Neobrittonia is in honour of Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859–1934), an American botanist and taxonomist who co-founded the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York.[3] The Latin specific epithet of acerifolia is a compound, 'aceri-' refers to the tree/shrub species acer and -'folia' refers to foliage.[4] Meaning the plant has foliage similar to a maple plant. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève Vol.9 on page 184 in 1905.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Neobrittonia Hochr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Neobrittonia acerifolia (G.Don) Hochr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 November 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.
  4. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
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