Quisumbingia
| Quisumbingia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Genus: | Quisumbingia Merr. 1936 |
| Binomial name | |
| Quisumbingia merrillii (Schltr.) Merr. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Quisumbingia is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1915. It was initially given the name Petalonema, but this turned out to be an illegitimate homonym. In other words, someone else had already used the name for a very different species, in this case a cyanobacterium (formerly known as blue-green alga). So another name had to be chosen.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Quisumbingia merrillii , endemic to the Philippines.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1915. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 13: 544
- ↑ Merrill, Elmer Drew. 1936. Philippine Journal of Science 60: 33
- ↑ The Plant List.
- ↑ Tropicos
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