Tateanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Tateanthus duidae Gleason[1]
| Tateanthus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Tateanthus Gleason |
It is native to northern Brazil and Venezuela.[1]
The genus name of Tateanthus is in honour of George Henry Hamilton Tate (1894–1953), an English-born American zoologist and botanist, who worked as a mammalogist for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.[2] The Latin specific epithet of duidae refers to Cerro Duida (or Mount Duida).[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club Vol.58 on page 424 in 1931.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Tateanthus Gleason | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Jobling, J.A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, Bloomsbury Publishing