Martensianthus

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: Rubioideae
Tribus: Spermacoceae
Genus: Martensianthus
Species: M. breviflorus – M. galeottii – M. macdougallii – M. micranthus – M. viticellus
Name

Martensianthus Borhidi & Lozada-Pérez, Acta Bot. Hung. 53: 25. (2011)

Type species: Martensianthus galeottii (M.Martens) Borhidi & Lozada-Pérez, Acta Bot. Hung. 53: 26 (2011)

Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Neomartensia Borhidi & Lozada-Pérez, Acta Bot. Hung. 52: 253 (2010), nom. illeg. hom., non T.Yoshida & H.Mikami, vide Martensia K.Hering (1841) Algae.

References

Borhidi, A. & Lozada-Pérez, L. 2011. Martensianthus nomen novum to replace Neomartensia Borhidi et Lozada-Pérez 2010 (Rubiaceae) non Yoshida et Mikami 1996 (Delesseriaceae). Acta Botanica Hungarica 53(1-2): 25-30. DOI: 10.1556/ABot.53.2011.1-2.2 ResearchGate Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Martensianthus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Martensianthus. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 17 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Martensianthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 17.

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

It is native to southern Mexico.[1]

The genus name of Martensianthus is in honour of Martin Martens (1797–1863), a Belgian botanist and chemist born in Maastricht, Netherlands.[2] It was first described and published in Acta Bot. Hung. Vol.53 on page 25 in 2011.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Martensianthus breviflorus (Borhidi & Salas-Mor.) Borhidi
Martensianthus galeottii (M.Martens) Borhidi & Lozada-Pérez
Martensianthus macdougallii (Lorence) Borhidi & Lozada-Pérez
Martensianthus micranthus (Borhidi) Borhidi
Martensianthus viticellus (Lorea-Hern. & Lozada-Pérez) Borhidi

References

"Martensianthus Borhidi & Lozada-Pérez | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 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.