Grazielanthus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Laurales |
Family: | Monimiaceae |
Genus: | Grazielanthus Peixoto & Per.-Moura |
Species: | G. arkeocarpus
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Binomial name | |
Grazielanthus arkeocarpus Peixoto & Per.-Moura
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Grazielanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae.[1] The only species is Grazielanthus arkeocarpus.[2]
It is native to south-eastern Brazil.[2]
The genus name of Grazielanthus is in honour of Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912–2003), a Brazilian botanist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of arkeocarpus refers to arkeo meaning the ark-like structure and "carpus" = fruit or carpel, which comes from the protection of the fruitlets by the hypanthium (tube or cup-like structure in a flower that includes the bases of sepals, petals, and stamens.[4] It was first described and published in Kew Bull. 63: 138 (2008).[2]