Grazielanthus Explained

Grazielanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae.[1] The only species is Grazielanthus arkeocarpus.[2]

It is native to south-eastern Brazil.

The genus name of Grazielanthus is in honour of Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912–2003), a Brazilian botanist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of arkeocarpus refers to arkeo meaning the ark-like structure and "carpus" = fruit or carpel, which comes from the protection of the fruitlets by the hypanthium (tube or cup-like structure in a flower that includes the bases of sepals, petals, and stamens.[4] It was first described and published in Kew Bull. 63: 138 (2008).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grazielanthus Peixoto & Per.-Moura Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 26 May 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: Grazielanthus arkeocarpus Peixoto & Per.-Moura Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 19 September 2021 . en.
  3. 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.
  4. Peixoto . Ariane Luna . Pereira-Moura . Maria Verônica Leite . A New Genus of Monimiaceae from the Atlantic Coastal Forest in South-Eastern Brazil . Kew Bulletin . 2008 . 63 . 1 . 137–141. 10.1007/s12225-007-9004-8 . 2008KewBu..63..137P .

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