Emarhendia Explained

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.^[1]

It is a subshrub endemic to Pahang in Peninsula Malaysia.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Emarhendia Kiew, A.Weber & B.L.Burtt Plants of the World Online Kew Science . . 15 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.
3. Web site: Emarhendia bettiana (M.R.Hend.) Kiew, A.Weber & B.L.Burtt Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 7 September 2021 . en.