Sheilanthera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. The only known species is Sheilanthera pubens.[1]
| Sheilanthera | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
| |
| A herbarium collection of Sheilanthera pubens from Auckland Museum | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Subfamily: | Zanthoxyloideae |
| Genus: | Sheilanthera I.Williams |
| Species: | S. pubens
|
| Binomial name | |
| Sheilanthera pubens I.Williams
| |
It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[1]
The genus name of Sheilanthera is in honour of Sheila Williams, wife and colleague of Ion James Muirhead Williams (1912–2001), a South African botanist and author of the genus.[2] The Latin specific epithet of pubens means fuzzy or pubescent, derived from pubesco.[3] It was first described and published in J. S. African Bot. Vol.47 on page 761 in 1981.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Sheilanthera I.Williams | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 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.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.