Thepparatia

Thepparatia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Thepparatia
Phuph. (2006)
Species:
T. scandens
Binomial name
Thepparatia scandens
(Roxb. ex G.Don) Phuph. (2019)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hibiscus scandens Roxb. ex G.Don (1831)
  • Thepparatia thailandica Phuph. (2006)

Thepparatia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, the liana Thepparatia scandens.[2][1]

Its native range is from the Indian subcontinent to parts of Indo-China. It is found in the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalaya, India, Myanmar and Thailand.[2]

The genus name of Thepparatia is in honour of Sirindhorn (b. 1955), Thailand princess. (Thais commonly refer to her as "Phra Thep", meaning "princess angel").[3] The Latin specific epithet of scandens means climbing, as derived from scando.[4] The genus was first described and published in Thai Forest Bull., Bot. Vol.34 on page 195 in 2006.[2] The species was published in Fl. Thailand Vol.14 (Issue 2) on page 329 in 2019.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Thepparatia scandens (Roxb. ex G.Don) Phuph". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Thepparatia Phuph. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.