| Whitmorea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Aquifoliales |
| Family: | Stemonuraceae |
| Genus: | Whitmorea Sleumer |
| Species: | W. grandiflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Whitmorea grandiflora Sleumer | |
Whitmorea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Stemonuraceae. It only contains one known species, Whitmorea grandiflora.
It is native to the Solomon Islands.
The genus name of Whitmorea is in honour of Timothy Charles Whitmore (1935–2002), an English ecologist, botanist, geologist and climatologist. The Latin specific epithet of grandiflora means large flower from Grandis large and flora meaning flower. Both the genus and the species wre first described and published in Blumea Vol.17 on pages 263-264 in 1969.
References
- ^ "Whitmorea Sleumer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
| Taxon identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Whitmorea | |
| Whitmorea grandiflora | |