Standleyanthus is a genus of Central American plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.[1][3][4]
| Standleyanthus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Eupatorieae |
| Genus: | Standleyanthus R.M.King & H.Rob |
| Species: | S. triptychus
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| Binomial name | |
| Standleyanthus triptychus | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Eupatorium triptychum B.L.Rob. | |
The genus is named after US botanist Paul Carpenter Standley (1884-1963).[5][6] The Latin specific epithet of triptychus is a compound word with 'tri' meaning three and 'ptychus' meaning plate.[7]
- Species
The only known species is Standleyanthus triptychus, which is native to Costa Rica.[2][8]
References edit
- ^ a b King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1971. Phytologia 22(1): 41-42 description in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
- ^ Tropicos, Standleyanthus R.M. King & H. Rob.
- ^ Williams, Louis O. "Paul Carpenter Standley". Taxon, vol 7. 1963.
- ^ Washington Biologists' Field Club, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Paul Carpenter Standley
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
- ^ "Standleyanthus R.M.King & H.Rob. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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