Standleyanthus

Standleyanthus is a genus of Central American plants in the boneset tribe within the sunflower family.[1][3][4]

Standleyanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Supertribe:
Helianthodae
Tribe:
Eupatorieae[1][2]
Genus:
Standleyanthus

R.M.King & H.Rob
Binomial name
Standleyanthus triptychus [1]
(B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob
Synonyms[2]

Eupatorium triptychum B.L.Rob.

The genus is named after US botanist Paul Carpenter Standley (1884-1963).[5][6] The Latin specific epithet of triptychus is a compound word with 'tri' meaning three and 'ptychus' meaning plate.[7]

Species

The only known species is Standleyanthus triptychus, which is native to Costa Rica.[2][8]

References
  1. King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1971. Phytologia 22(1): 41-42 description in Latin, commentary in English
  2. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
  4. Tropicos, Standleyanthus R.M. King & H. Rob.
  5. Williams, Louis O. "Paul Carpenter Standley". Taxon, vol 7. 1963.
  6. Washington Biologists' Field Club, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Paul Carpenter Standley
  7. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
  8. "Standleyanthus R.M.King & H.Rob. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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