Metternichia
Illustration of Metternichia principis from Curtis's Botanical Magazine vol. 79 in 1853
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Metternichia
J.C.Mikan
Species:
M. principis
Binomial name
Metternichia principis
J.C.Mikan

Metternichia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.[1] For a long time he only species was Metternichia principis J.C.Mikan.[2], but recently a second species, M. macrocalyx (Carvalho)L.S.de Souza was recognised [3]

It is native to eastern Brazil.[2]

The genus name of Metternichia is in honour of Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859), prince of Ochsenhausen, diplomat and Austrian painter and illustrator.[4] The Latin specific epithet of principis is derived from princeps meaning foremost, but in this case refers to belonging to the prince.[5] Both the genus and species were first described and published by Johann Christian Mikan in Del. Fl. Faun. Bras. on table 13 in 1823.[2] from material collected near Sao Paulo and Copa Cabana. The second species occurs in drier habitat and was described by Carvalho in Solanaceae: Biol. & Syst. 12 (1986).

References

  1. ^ "Metternichia J.C.Mikan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Metternichia principis J.C.Mikan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. ^ de Souza, L.S (2023). "Revisiting Metternichia (Solanaceae) through an integrative approach: a monotypic genus?". Systematic Botany. 48:419-434.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
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