Petitiocodon

Petitiocodon is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Petitiocodon parviflorum (Keay) Robbr.

Petitiocodon
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Petitiocodon
Robbr.
Synonyms[1]

Didymosalpinx parviflora Keay

It is native to Nigeria and Cameroon.[1]

The genus name of Petitiocodon is in honour of Ernest Marie Antoine Petit (1927–2007), a Belgian professor of botany and botanical garden director.[3] The Latin specific epithet of parviflorum is a portmanteau word made-up of 'parvi-' from parvus meaning small and also '-florum' from flora meaning flower.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. Vol.58 on page 116–119 in 1988.[1]

References

  1. "Petitiocodon parviflorum (Keay) Robbr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Petitiocodon Robbr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
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