Abuta pahnii is a species of the Abuta genus, which is part of the flowering plant family Menispermaceae. This genus consists of about 32 species, native to tropical Central and South America.

Abuta pahnii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Abuta
Species:
A. pahnii
Binomial name
Abuta pahnii

The plant was first published in Phytologia in 1958.[1]

Taxonomy

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The name Abuta ecuadoriensis is a junior synonym. It was first published in H.G.A. Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 94: 15 (1910). Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius originally named the species Cocculus pahni Mart. in 1841. The current name was assigned by Krukoff & Barneby.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Abuta ecuadorensis Moldenke". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  2. ^ Krukoff, & Barneby. (1971). In: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22 (2), 43.