Mairetis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Mairetis
I.M.Johnst.
Synonyms
  • Lithospermum microspermum Boiss.
  • Lithospermum webbii Coss. & Durieu
  • Rhytispermum apulum Webb & Berthel.

Mairetis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Mairetis microsperma (Boiss.) I.M.Johnst. [2]

It is native to the Canary Islands and Morocco.[2]

The genus name of Mairetis is in honour of René Maire (1878–1949), a French botanist and mycologist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of microsperma means 'micro' meaning small and 'sperma' the Greek word for seed.[4] Both the genus and species were first described and published in J. Arnold Arbor. Vol.34 on page 4 in 1953.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Mairetis I.M.Johnst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mairetis microsperma (Boiss.) I.M.Johnst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
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