Acunaeanthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Acunaeanthus
Borhidi, Komlodi & Moncada
Species:
A. tinifolius
Binomial name
Acunaeanthus tinifolius
(Griseb.) Borhidi, Komlodi & Moncada

Acunaeanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family of Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one known species; Acunaeanthus tinifolius, which is endemic to Cuba.[1]

The genus name of Acunaeanthus is in honour of Julián Acuña Galé (1900–1973), a Cuban botanist who served as director of the Agricultural Experimental Station in Santiago de Las Vegas.[2] The Latin specific epithet of tinifolius with leaves like Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus).[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. Vol.26 on page 282 (1980, published in 1981).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Acunaeanthus Borhidi, Komlódi & Moncada | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Hugh F. Glen Sappi What's in a Name: The Meanings of the Botanical Names of Trees (2004), p. 69, at Google Books
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