Lamanonia

Lamanonia is a genus of trees in the family Cunoniaceae. It is endemic to South America.[1]

Lamanonia
Lamanonia speciosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Lamanonia
Vell.
Synonyms
  • Belangera Cambess.
  • Polystemon D.Don

It is found in north eastern Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.[2]

Species
  • Lamanonia brasiliensis Zickel & Leitão
  • Lamanonia chabertii (Pamp.) L.B.Sm.
  • Lamanonia cuneata (Cambess.) Kuntze
  • Lamanonia speciosa (Cambess.) L.B.Sm.
  • Lamanonia ternata Vell.
  • Lamanonia ulei (Engl.) L.B.Sm.

The genus name of Lamanonia is in honour of Robert de Lamanon (1752–1787), a French botanist, physicist, geologist and meteorologist.[3] It was first described and published in Fl. Flumin. on page 228 in 1829.[2]

References
  1. Bradford, J.C., Hopkins, H.CF., Barnes, R.W . (2004). Cunoniaceae. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Volume VI, Flowering plants, Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales. Springer, Heidelberg. p 91-111.
  2. "Lamanonia Vell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  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.


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