Parodianthus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Verbenaceae
Tribus: Casselieae
Genus: Parodianthus
Species: P. capillaris – P. ilicifolius
Name

Parodianthus Tronc., Darwiniana 5: 37 (1941)
Type species: Parodianthus ilicifolius (Moldenke) Tronc., Darwiniana 5: 39 (1941)

References

Troncoso, N.S. (1941) Darwiniana 5: 37.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Parodianthus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Oct. 30. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Parodianthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Oct. 30.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Parodianthus. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 30 2014.
Parodianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Verbenaceae.[1]

Its native range is northern Argentina.[1]

The genus name of Parodianthus is in honour of Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (1895–1966), an Argentinian botanist and agricultural engineer, professor of botany in Buenos Aires and La Plata with a focus on South American grasses.[2] It was first described and published in Darwiniana Vol.5 on page 37 in 1941.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Parodianthus capillaris Tronc.
Parodianthus ilicifolius (Moldenke) Tronc.

References

"Parodianthus Tronc. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 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.