Petersianthus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Lecythidaceae
Subfamilia: Barringtonioideae
Genus: Petersianthus
Species: P. macrocarpus – P. quadrialatus
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Petersianthus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 April 22. Reference page.

Name

Petersianthus Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 11: 200 (1916)
Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Petersia Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 1: 721 (1865), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
Combretodendron A.Chev., Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 5: 151 (1909), not validly publ.

Notes

The synonym Petersia was replaced because of duplication with Petersia Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 168 (1861), which is now considered synonymous with Capparis Tourn. ex L.. Another synonym Combretodendron was first published with Combretodendron viridiflorum[under an epithet viridiflora, which does not conform to the current ICN (ed. 2017, Art. 62.2 (c)); now synonym of Petersianthus macrocarpus] by Chevalier at page 151, but he also published another name Petersia viridiflora based on the same specimen (Chevalier 16102) at page 301; Liben judged that the taxon Combretodendron is invalid because of the ICBN (ed. 1966, Art. 34 at that time: "A name is not validly published (1) when it is not accepted by the author in the original publication"). Compare also the current ICN (ed. 2017, Art. 36.3).
References
Primary references

Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1865. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 1, pars II., sistens Dicotyledonum Polypetalarum ordines LVI: Leguminosas–Myrtaceas. Pps. 433–735. Lovell Reeve & Co., Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. [see page 721.]
Chevalier, A. 1909. Les végétaux utiles de l'Afrique tropicale française. Fasc. 5: Première étude sur les bois de la Côte d'Ivoire. 314 pp. A. Challamel, Paris. Internet Archive Reference page. [see pages 151 and 301.]
Merrill, E.D. 1916. New plants from Samar. The Philippine Journal of Science, Section C. Botany 11(4): 175–206. BHL Reference page. [see page 200.]

Additional references

Liben, L. 1968. Petersianthus Merrill versus Combretodendron A. Chev. (Lecythidaceae). Bulletin du Jardin botanique National de Belgique / Bulletin van de Nationale Plantentuin van België 38(2): 207–208. JSTOR DOI: 10.2307/3667553 Hybrid open access journal Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Petersianthus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 April 18. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Petersianthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 April 18.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Petersianthus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 18 April 2021.

Petersianthus is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1865 under the name Petersia.[3][4] This turned out to be an illegitimate homonym, meaning that it had already been used by someone else to refer to a very different plant.[5][6] So the name of these species in the Lecythidaceae was changed to Petersianthus.[7][8] It is native to the Philippines and to parts of Africa.[2] The following two species belong to this genus, with the basionyms of both taxa belonging to what is known today as the family Combretaceae.

species[2]

Petersianthus macrocarpus [fr] (P.Beauv.) Liben (syn. Combretum macrocarpum P.Beauv.[9])[10] - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cabinda, Gabon, Angola
Petersianthus quadrialatus (Merr.) Merr. (syn. Terminalia quadrialata Merr.[11])[7] - Philippines

References

Tropicos, Petersia rosea Klotzsch
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Welwitsch, Friedrich Martin Josef. 1865. ex Bentham, George, Genera plantarum :ad exemplaria imprimis in Herberiis Kewensibus servata definita 1: 721. in Latin
Tropicos, Petersia Welw. ex Benth.
Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1861. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique 168
Tropicos, Petersia Klotzsch
Merrill, E. D. (1916). "New plants from Samar". The Philippine Journal of Science, Section C. Botany. 11 (4): 200–201.
Tropicos, Petersianthus Merr.
Palisot de Beauvois, A. M. F. J. (1807–1820). Flore d’Oware et de Bénin, en Afrique (in French and Latin). 2. Paris. p. 90.
Liben, L. (1968). "Petersianthus Merrill versus Combretodendron A. Chev. (Lecythidaceae)". Bulletin du Jardin botanique National de Belgique / Bulletin van de Nationale Plantentuin van België (in French). 38 (2): 207–208. doi:10.2307/3667553. JSTOR 3667553.
Merrill, E. D. (1909). "New or Noteworthy Philippine plants, VII". The Philippine Journal of Science, Section C. Botany (in English and Latin). 4 (3): 301.