Emarhendia

Emarhendia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Emarhendia
Kiew, A.Weber & B.L.Burtt (1997-1998 publ. 1998)
Species:
E. bettiana
Binomial name
Emarhendia bettiana
(M.R.Hend.) Kiew, A.Weber & B.L.Burtt
Synonyms[1]

Paraboea bettiana M.R.Hend. (1933)

Emarhendia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It only contains one species,Emarhendia bettiana (M.R.Hend.) Kiew, A.Weber & B.L.Burtt.[2]

It is a subshrub endemic to Pahang in Peninsula Malaysia.[1]

The genus name of Emarhendia is in honour of M. R. Henderson (1899–1982), a Scottish botanist,[3] and it was published and described in Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen Vol.70 on page 398 in (1997-1998, publ. 1998).[2] The species has one known synonym, Paraboea bettiana M.R.Hend..[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Emarhendia bettiana (M.R.Hend.) Kiew, A.Weber & B.L.Burtt | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Emarhendia Kiew, A.Weber & B.L.Burtt | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 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. ^ "Emarhendia bettiana (M.R.Hend.) Kiew, A.Weber & B.L.Burtt | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 September 2021.