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Wittmackanthus
Sign in to saveWittmackanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, Wittmackanthus stanleyanus, which is found in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Guyana.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Wittmackanthus is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to binomial nomenclature, Colombia and Peru.
Vinony files it under Dialypetalantheae, Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby and Flora of Colombia.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
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Wittmackanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, Wittmackanthus stanleyanus, which is found in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Guyana.
The genus has one known synonym of Pallasia Klotzsch The genus name of Wittmackanthus is in honour of Ludwig Wittmack (1839–1929), a German botanist. The specific epithet honors the British Colonial Secretary, Lord Stanley. Both the genus and the species were described and published by Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. Vol.1 on page 302 in 1891.
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