Maxwellia lepidota explained

Maxwellia lepidota is a species of shrubs or trees in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the monotypic genus Maxwellia.[1] Its closest relatives are all Australian genera in tribe Lasiopetaleae: Guichenotia, Hannafordia, Lysiosepalum, Lasiopetalum and Thomasia.[2]

The genus name of Maxwellia is in honour of Maxwell T. Masters (1833–1907), an English botanist and taxonomist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of lepidota refers to the Greek word lepidotus' meaning scaly.[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Adansonia Vol.10 on page 100 in 1871.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Morat, P. . T. Jaffré . F. Tronchet . J. Munzinger . Y. Pillon . J. M. Veillon . M. Chalopin . 2012. The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia . Adansonia . 34. 2. 179–221 . 10.5252/a2012n2a1. 85671347. free.
  2. Whitlock, B. A., A. M. Hale, J. L. Indorf, and C. F. Wilkins. (2011) Polyphyly of Rulingia and Commersonia (Lasiopetaleae, Malvaceae S.l.)." Australian Systematic Botany 24 (4-5): 215–25.
  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 . de . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901.
  4. Book: Harrison, Lorraine . RHS Latin for Gardeners . 2012 . Mitchell Beazley . United Kingdom . 978-1-84533-731-5 .
  5. Web site: Maxwellia lepidota Baill. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 24 October 2021 . en.

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