Morsacanthus

Morsacanthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Morsacanthus
Rizzini
Species:
M. nemoralis
Binomial name
Morsacanthus nemoralis
Rizzini

Morsacanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[1] The only species is Morsacanthus nemoralis Rizzini.[2]

It is native to southern Brazil.[2]

The genus name of Morsacanthus is in honour of Walter Baptist Mors (1920–2008), a Brazilian chemist who researched useful plants.[3] The Latin specific epithet of nemoralis means coming from the forest.[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Revista Brasil. Biol. Vol.12 on page 261 in 1952.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Morsacanthus Rizzini | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Morsacanthus nemoralis Rizzini | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 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.
  4. ^ Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.