Neomortonia

Neomortonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Neomortonia
Wiehler
Synonyms

Neomortonia alba Wiehler

Neomortonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.[1] It just contains one species, Neomortonia rosea Wiehler [2]

Its native range is Costa Rica to Ecuador. It is also found in Colombia and Panama.[2]

The genus name of Neomortonia is in honour of Conrad Vernon Morton (1905–1972), an American botanist who did notable writings on Ferns. He was also a specialist in Gesneriaceae and Solanaceae for the Smithsonian Institution from 1928.[3] The Latin specific epithet of rosea refers to being rose-like.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Selbyana Vol.1 on page 17 in 1975.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Neomortonia Wiehler | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Neomortonia rosea Wiehler | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 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. ^ "A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 3 November 2021.