Santisukia

Santisukia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae.[1]

Santisukia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Santisukia
Brummitt
Synonyms

Barnettia Santisuk

It is native to Thailand.[1]

The genus name of Santisukia is in honour of Thawatchai Santisuk (b. 1944), a Thai herbarium director in Bangkok.[2] It was first described and published in Kew Bull. Vol.47 on page 436 in 1992.[1]

Know species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Santisukia kerrii (Barnett & Sandwith) Brummitt
  • Santisukia pagetii (Craib) Brummitt

References
  1. "Santisukia Brummitt | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. 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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