Matudanthus

Matudanthus is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the dayflower family, first described as a genus in 1978. The genus consists of a single species, Matudanthus nanus, endemic to the State of Oaxaca in southern Mexico.[1][2]

Matudanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Subfamily: Commelinoideae
Tribe: Tradescantieae
Subtribe: Thyrsanthemineae
Genus: Matudanthus
D.R.Hunt
Species:
M. nanus
Binomial name
Matudanthus nanus
(M.Martens & Galeotti) D.R.Hunt
Synonyms[1]
  • Tradescantia nana M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Tradescantia geminiflora Matuda
  • Tradescantia riomolinensis Matuda

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria


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