Willisia

Willisia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae.[1]

Willisia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Podostemaceae
Genus: Willisia
Warm.

It is native to Bangladesh and India.[1]

Known species:[1]

  • Willisia arekaliana Shivam. & Sadanand
  • Willisia selaginoides (Bedd.) Warm. ex Wille

The genus name of Willisia is in honour of John Christopher Willis (1868–1958), an English botanist known for his 'Age and Area hypothesis' and his criticism of natural selection.[2] It was first described and published in Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afh., series 6, Vol.11 (1) on page 58 in 1901.[1]

References
  1. "Willisia Warm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 March 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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