Thawatchaia
Genus of flowering plants
| Thawatchaia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Podostemaceae |
| Genus: | Thawatchaia M.Kato, Koi & Y.Kita |
Thawatchaia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae.[1]
The genus name of Thawatchaia is in honour of Thawatchai Santisuk (b. 1944), a Thai herbarium director in Bangkok, and also, Thawatchai Wongprasert (fl. 2000), a plant collector.[2] It was first described and published in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. Vol.55 on page 66 in 2004.[1]
It is native range to Thailand and Laos.[1]
Known species
Accepted by Kew:[1]
- Thawatchaia laotica Koi & M.Kato
- Thawatchaia trilobata M.Kato, Koi & Y.Kita
References
- ^ a b c d "Thawatchaia M.Kato, Koi & Y.Kita | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 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.
