Petersianthus Explained

Petersianthus is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1865 under the name Petersia.^{[1] [2]} This turned out to be an illegitimate homonym, meaning that it had already been used by someone else to refer to a very different plant.^{[3] [4]} So the name of these species in the Lecythidaceae was changed to Petersianthus.^{[5] [6]} It is native to the Philippines and to parts of Africa.^[7] The following two species belong to this genus, with the basionyms of both taxa belonging to what is known today as the family Combretaceae.

species^[7]

1. (syn. Combretum macrocarpum ^[8])^[9] - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cabinda, Gabon, Angola
2. Petersianthus quadrialatus (syn. Terminalia quadrialata ^[10]) - Philippines

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/655500#page/292/mode/1up Welwitsch, Friedrich Martin Josef. 1865. ex Bentham, George, Genera plantarum :ad exemplaria imprimis in Herberiis Kewensibus servata definita 1: 721.
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005455 Tropicos, Petersia Welw. ex Benth.
3. Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1861. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique 168
4. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005447 Tropicos, Petersia Klotzsch
5. Merrill. E. D.. Elmer Drew Merrill. 1916. New plants from Samar. The Philippine Journal of Science, Section C. Botany. 11. 4. 200–201. en.
6. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005460 Tropicos, Petersianthus Merr.
7. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=313205 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
8. Book: Palisot de Beauvois, A. M. F. J.. Palisot de Beauvois. 1807–1820. Flore d'Oware et de Bénin, en Afrique. 2. Paris. 90. fr,la.
9. Liben. L.. Louis Liben. 1968. Petersianthus Merrill versus Combretodendron A. Chev. (Lecythidaceae). Bulletin du Jardin botanique National de Belgique / Bulletin van de Nationale Plantentuin van België. 38. 2. 207–208. 3667553. 10.2307/3667553. fr.
10. Merrill. E. D.. Elmer Drew Merrill. 1909. New or Noteworthy Philippine plants, VII. The Philippine Journal of Science, Section C. Botany. 4. 3. 301. en,la.