Jagrantia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Jagrantia monstrum.[2]
| Jagrantia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Genus: | Jagrantia Barfuss & W.Till |
| Species: | J. monstrum
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| Binomial name | |
| Jagrantia monstrum (Mez) Barfuss & W.Till
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Its native range is south-eastern Nicaragua to northern Ecuador. It is found in the countries of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Panamá.[2]
The genus name of Jagrantia is in honour of Jason Randall Grant (b. 1969), an American botanist in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and specialist in Bromeliaceae.[3] The Latin specific epithet of monstrum refers to monstrum meaning "a malfunctioning of nature". The word monster is derived from this term.[4] It was first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.279 on pages 51-52 in 2016.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Jagrantia Barfuss & W.Till | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Jagrantia monstrum (Mez) Barfuss & W.Till | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
L. monstrum; like Latin, 'signum,' a sign in the heavens, a constellation, meteor" (Liddell & Scott)