Morsacanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[1] The only species is Morsacanthus nemoralis Rizzini.[2]
| Morsacanthus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Morsacanthus Rizzini |
| Species: | M. nemoralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Morsacanthus nemoralis Rizzini
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It is native to southern Brazil.[2]
The genus name of Morsacanthus is in honour of Walter Baptist Mors (1920–2008), a Brazilian chemist who researched useful plants.[3] The Latin specific epithet of nemoralis means coming from the forest.[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Revista Brasil. Biol. Vol.12 on page 261 in 1952.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Morsacanthus Rizzini | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Morsacanthus nemoralis Rizzini | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.