Neomortonia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Gesnerioideae
Tribus: Gesnerieae
Subtribus: Columneinae
Genus: Neomortonia
Species: N. rosea
Name

Neomortonia Wiehler, Selbyana 1: 17. (1975)

Note: Monotypic Neomortonia nummularia transferred to Pachycaulos nummularia (Hanst.) J.L.Clark & J.F.Sm., Syst. Bot. 38(2): 461. (2013)

References

Wiehler, H.J. 1975. Selbyana 1: 17.
Clark, J.L., Funke, M.M., Duffy, A.M. & Smith, J.F. 2012. Phylogeny of a Neotropical clade in the Gesneriaceae: more tales of convergent evolution. International Journal of Plant Sciences 173(8): 894-916. DOI: 10.1086/667229 Paywall PDF Reference page.
Clark J.L., Skog L.E., Boggan J.K. & Ginzbarg, S. 2020. Index to names of New World members of the Gesneriaceae (subfamilies Sanangoideae and Gesnerioideae). Rheedea: Official Journal of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy 30(1): 190-256. DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2020.30.01.14 PDF Reference page.
Smith, J.F. & Clark, J.L. 2013. Molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal undiscovered monospecific genera in the tribe Episcieae (Gesneriaceae). Systematic Botany 38(2): 451-463. DOI: 10.1600/036364413X666723 Paywall PDF Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Neomortonia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 July 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Neomortonia. Published online. Accessed: July 25 2020.

Neomortonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.[1] It just contains one species, Neomortonia rosea Wiehler [2]

Its native range is Costa Rica to Ecuador. It is also found in Colombia and Panamá.[2]

The genus name of Neomortonia is in honour of Conrad Vernon Morton (1905–1972), an American botanist who did notable writings on Ferns. He was also a specialist in Gesneriaceae and Solanaceae for the Smithsonian Institution from 1928.[3] The Latin specific epithet of rosea refers to being rose-like.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Selbyana Vol.1 on page 17 in 1975.[2]
References

"Neomortonia Wiehler | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
"Neomortonia rosea Wiehler | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 November 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.
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