Rogersonanthus Explained

Rogersonanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gentianaceae.^[1]

Its native range is Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela in northern South America.

The genus name of Rogersonanthus is in honour of Clark Thomas Rogerson (1918–2001), an American mycologist.^[2] It was first described and published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. Vol.51 on page 3 in 1989.^[1]

Known species, according to Kew:

• Rogersonanthus arboreus
• Rogersonanthus quelchii

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rogersonanthus Maguire & B.M.Boom Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 20 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 . 1 January 2021.