Marcania

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Justicieae
Genus: Marcania
Species: M. grandiflora
Name

Marcania Imlay
References
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Marcania.

Marcania is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Marcania grandiflora J.B.Imlay[2]

It is native to Thailand within Indo-China.[2]

The genus name of Marcania is in honour of Alexander Marcan (1883–1953), an English collector of plants in south-east Asia and Thailand.[3] The Latin specific epithet of grandiflora refers 2 two words, 'grandi' meaning large and 'flora' meaning flower.[4] Both the genus and species were first described and published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939 on page 136 in 1939.[2]

References

"Marcania J.B.Imlay | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
"Marcania grandiflora J.B.Imlay | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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.
Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.