Pauia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Pauia belladonna.[2]
| Pauia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Subfamily: | Solanoideae |
| Tribe: | Hyoscyameae |
| Genus: | Pauia Deb & Ratna Dutta |
| Species: | P. belladonna
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| Binomial name | |
| Pauia belladonna Deb & Ratna Dutta
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It is native to the state of Arunachal Pradesh in the Eastern Himalaya in India.[2]
The genus name of Pauia is in honour of Hermenegild Santapau (1903–1970), a Spanish born naturalized Indian Jesuit priest and botanist,.[3] The Latin specific epithet of belladonna refers Atropa belladonna (or commonly known as 'deadly nightshade'), another Solanaceae family member. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Indian Forester Vol.91 on page 363 in 1965.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Pauia Deb & Ratna Dutta | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Pauia belladonna Deb & Ratna Dutta | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 November 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.