Lauterbachia

Lauterbachia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae.[1] The only species is Lauterbachia novoguineensis Perkins.[2]

Lauterbachia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Monimiaceae
Genus: Lauterbachia
Perkins
Species:
L. novoguineensis
Binomial name
Lauterbachia novoguineensis

It is native to New Guinea.[2]

The genus name of Lauterbachia is in honour of Carl Adolf Georg Lauterbach (1864–1937), a German explorer and botanist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of novoguineensis means from New Guinea (where the plant was found).[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach, Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee on pages 330-331 in 1900.[2]

References

  1. "Lauterbachia Perkins | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. "Lauterbachia novoguineensis Perkins | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
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