Wittmackanthus

Wittmackanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze in 1891. The genus contains only one species, i.e. Wittmackanthus stanleyanus, which is found in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Guyana.[1]

Wittmackanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Condamineeae
Genus: Wittmackanthus
Kuntze
Species:
W. stanleyanus
Binomial name
Wittmackanthus stanleyanus
(M.R.Schomb.) Kuntze
Synonyms

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.