Preussiodora Explained

Preussiodora is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It contains only one species, Preussiodora sulphurea, native to central Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, and the islands in the Gulf of Guinea).[2]

The genus name of Preussiodora is in honour of Paul Rudolf Preuss (1861–1926), a German botanist and researcher. He founded and directed a botanical garden in Kamerun (now called Cameroon).[3] The Latin specific epithet of sulphurea means sulphur-yellow.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles Vol.28 on pages 31–32 in 1958.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Keay, Ronald William John. Ronald William John Keay. 1958. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles. 28. 31. Randia and Gardenia in West Africa. 1. 10.2307/3667018 . 3667018.
  2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=176285 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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. Book: Harrison, Lorraine . RHS Latin for Gardeners . 2012 . Mitchell Beazley . United Kingdom . 978-1845337315 .
  5. Web site: Preussiodora Keay Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 22 November 2021 . en.

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