Metternichia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Solanaceae
Subfamilia: Goetzeoideae
Genus: Metternichia
Species: M. princeps
Name

Metternichia J.C.Mikan, Del. Fl. Faun. Bras. [15, t. 7]. (1823)

monotypic taxon

References

Mikan, J.C. 1823. Delectus Florae et Faunae Brasiliensis [15, t. 7].
Hassler, M. 2019. Metternichia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Metternichia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 2 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Metternichia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 2.

Metternichia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.[1] The only species is Metternichia principis J.C.Mikan.[2]

It is native to eastern Brazil.[2]

The genus name of Metternichia is in honour of Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859), diplomat an English painter and illustrator.[3] The Latin specific epithet of principis is derived from princeps meaning foremost.[4] Both the genus and species were first described and published by Johann Christian Mikan in Del. Fl. Faun. Bras. on table 13 in 1823.[2]
References

"Metternichia J.C.Mikan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
"Metternichia principis J.C.Mikan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 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.