Pitardella Explained

Pitardella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.^[1]

It is native to Himalaya, Cambodia, Nepal, Thailand in Indo-China. The genus name of Pitardella is in honour of Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard (1873–1927), an English painter and illustrator.^[2] It was first described and published in Biogeographica (The Hague) Vol.79 on page 32 in 2003.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Pitardella caudatifolia
• Pitardella poilanei
• Pitardella sikkimensis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pitardella Tirveng. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 24 May 2021 . en.
2. 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 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.