Solonia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Solonia
Urb.
Synonyms[1]

Walleniella cubana P.Wilson

Solonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Primulaceae, with just contains one species, Solonia reflexa Urb.[2]

It grows as a shrub and is native to Cuba.[2]

The genus name of Solonia is in honour of Solon (c. 640 BC – c. 560 BC), an Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet.[3] The Latin specific epithet of reflexa means bent backwards or reflexed from reflecto.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Vol.18 on pages 22–23 in 1922.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Solonia reflexa Urb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Solonia Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
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