Holstianthus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Rondeletieae
Genus: Holstianthus
Species: H. barbigularis
Name

Holstianthus Steyerm., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 73: 495. (1986)

monotypic taxon

References

Steyermark, J.A. 1986. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 73: 495–497.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Holstianthus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Holstianthus. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 17 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Holstianthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Mar. 2019.

Holstianthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Holstianthus barbigularis Steyerm. [2]

It is native to Venezuela.[2]

The genus name of Holstianthus is in honour of Bruce K. Holst (b. 1957), an American botanist who worked at the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Florida.[3] The Latin specific epithet of barbigularis refers to barba meaning bearded and gularis from 'gula' meaning "throat".

Both the genus and species were first described and published Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol.73 on page 495 in 1986.[1]
References

"Holstianthus Steyerm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
"Holstianthus barbigularis Steyerm". Retrieved 1 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.