Hartleya Explained

Hartleya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Stemonuraceae.[1] The only species is Hartleya inopinata.[2]

It is native to New Guinea.

The genus name of Hartleya is in honour of Thomas Gordon Hartley (1931–2016), an American botanist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of inopinata refers to inopinatus meaning ‘unexpected’.[4] It was first described and published in Blumea Vol.17 on page 218 in 1969.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hartleya Sleumer Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 26 May 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: Hartleya inopinata Sleumer Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 22 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. Forster . Paul I. . Thompson . E. John . Borya inopinata (Anthericaceae), a new species of resurrection plant from north Queensland . Austrobaileya . 1997 . 4 . 4 . 597–600.

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