Cyrtandra cleopatrae

Cyrtandra cleopatrae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Cyrtandra
Species: C. cleopatrae
Binomial name
Cyrtandra cleopatrae
H.J.Atkins & Cronk[1][2]

Cyrtandra cleopatrae is a species of plant in the Gesneriaceae family endemic to the Philippines. It is a tropical shrub having recaulescent inflorescences composed of multiple purpled flowers that emerge on the plant stem from stubby shoots.[3] It was first collected for science during a 1998[4] expedition sponsored by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh,[3] from a location in Palawan called Cleopatra's Needle[4] (elev. 1550m),[5] thus the specific epithet "cleopatrae". The taxon was first published in the Edinburgh Journal of Botany in 2001.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Cyrtandra cleopatrae was originally published and described in Edinburgh Journal of Botany 58: 451. 2001. "Name - Cyrtandra cleopatrae H.J.Atkins & Cronk". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT). Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  2. "TPL, treatment of Cyrtandra cleopatrae H.J.Atkins & Cronk". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and MOBOT. 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 Ida Maspero (2003). "On your windowsill, around the world" (PDF). The Botanicus. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (13): 2–7. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Plant Name Details for Cyrtandra cleopatrae". IPNI. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  5. Pelser, P.B., J.F. Barcelona & D.L. Nickrent (eds.) (1 October 2013). "Gesneriaceae: Cyrtandra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.". Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

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