Larsenaikia

Larsenaikia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gardenieae of the family Rubiaceae.[1] Its native range is Eastern and Northern Australia.[1][2]

Larsenaikia
Illustration (lower half) of a species of Larsenaikia, L. ochreata (drawn as Gardenia ochreata, number 215).
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Gardenieae
Genus: Larsenaikia
Tirveng.
Species
  • Larsenaikia jardinei (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Tirveng.
  • Larsenaikia ochreata (F.Muell.) Tirveng.
  • Larsenaikia suffruticosa (R.Br. ex Benth.) Govaerts

It contains three species — L. jardinei, L. ochreata, and L. suffruticosa — formerly classified in Gardenia, and possibly belonging to Kailarsenia.[3]

Larsenaikia is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the confamilial genus Kailarsenia. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring Kai Larsen, professor of botany at Århus University, Denmark.[4]

References
  1. Tirvengadum, D. D. (1993). "Larsenaikia, a new genus of the Rubiaceae from Australia". Nordic Journal of Botany. 13 (2): 175–184. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00034.x. ISSN 1756-1051.
  2. "Larsenaikia Tirveng. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  3. Puttock, Christopher F. (1994). "The morphology and generic position of Australian Kailarsenia (Rubiaceae: Gardenieae)". Nordic Journal of Botany. 14 (5): 515–526. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1994.tb00645.x. ISSN 1756-1051.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. K2. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5.
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