Hartleya

Hartleya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Stemonuraceae.[1] The only species is Hartleya inopinata.[2]

Hartleya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Aquifoliales
Family: Stemonuraceae
Genus: Hartleya
Sleumer
Species:
H. inopinata
Binomial name
Hartleya inopinata
Sleumer

It is native to New Guinea.[2]

The genus name of Hartleya is in honour of Thomas Gordon Hartley (1931–2016), an American botanist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of inopinata refers to inopinatus meaning ‘unexpected’.[4] It was first described and published in Blumea Vol.17 on page 218 in 1969.[2]

References

  1. "Hartleya Sleumer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. "Hartleya inopinata Sleumer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 September 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. Forster, Paul I.; Thompson, E. John (1997). "Borya inopinata (Anthericaceae), a new species of resurrection plant from north Queensland". Austrobaileya. 4 (4): 597–600.
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