Maguireothamnus

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: Ixoroideae
Tribus: Sipaneeae
Genus: Maguireothamnus
Species: M. speciosus – M. tatei
Name

Maguireothamnus Steyerm., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10(5): 220. (1964)

Type species: Maguireothamnus speciosus (N.E.Br.) Steyerm., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 223. (1963)

References

Steyermark, J.A. 1964. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 10(5): 220.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Maguireothamnus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Maguireothamnus. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 3 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Maguireothamnus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Apr. 2019.
Tropicos.org: Rubiaceae: Maguireothamnus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 3.

Maguireothamnus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.[1]

Its native range is the Guyana Highlands, between Guyana and Venezuela.[1]

The genus name of Maguireothamnus is in honour of Bassett Maguire (1904–1991), an American botanist, head curator of the New York Botanical Garden, and a leader of scientific expeditions to the Guyana Highlands in Brazil and Venezuela.[2] It was first described and published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. Vol.10 (Issue 5) on page 220 in 1964.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Maguireothamnus speciosus (N.E.Br.) Steyerm.
Maguireothamnus tatei (Standl.) Steyerm.

References

"Maguireothamnus Steyerm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.