Lamanonia Explained

Lamanonia is a genus of trees in the family Cunoniaceae. It is endemic to South America.^[1]

It is found in north eastern Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.^[2]

Species

The genus name of Lamanonia is in honour of Robert de Lamanon (1752–1787), a French botanist, physicist, geologist and meteorologist.^[3] It was first described and published in Fl. Flumin. on page 228 in 1829.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Bradford, J.C., Hopkins, H.CF., Barnes, R.W . (2004). Cunoniaceae. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Volume VI, Flowering plants, Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales. Springer, Heidelberg. p 91-111.
2. Web site: Lamanonia Vell. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 6 February 2022 . 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.