Maxwellia lepidota is a species of shrubs or trees in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the monotypic genus Maxwellia.[1] Its closest relatives are all Australian genera in tribe Lasiopetaleae: Guichenotia, Hannafordia, Lysiosepalum, Lasiopetalum and Thomasia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Tribe: | Lasiopetaleae |
| Genus: | Maxwellia Baill. |
| Species: | M. lepidota
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The genus name of Maxwellia is in honour of Maxwell T. Masters (1833–1907), an English botanist and taxonomist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of lepidota refers to the Greek word lepidotus' meaning scaly.[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Adansonia Vol.10 on page 100 in 1871.[5]
References
edit- ^ Morat, P.; T. Jaffré; F. Tronchet; J. Munzinger; Y. Pillon; J. M. Veillon; M. Chalopin (2012). "The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia". Adansonia. 34 (2): 179–221. doi:10.5252/a2012n2a1. S2CID 85671347.
- ^ Whitlock, B. A., A. M. Hale, J. L. Indorf, and C. F. Wilkins. (2011) Polyphyly of Rulingia and Commersonia (Lasiopetaleae, Malvaceae S.l.)." Australian Systematic Botany 24 (4-5): 215–25.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1-84533-731-5.
- ^ "Maxwellia lepidota Baill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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