Pennellianthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Pennellianthus frutescens (Lamb.) Crosswh. The genus is within the Tribe Cheloneae along with Penstemon, from which Pennellianthus was separated from.[3]
| Pennellianthus | |
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| Penstemon frutescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Pennellianthus Crosswh. |
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Its native range is Russian Far East (within the regions of Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, the Kuril Islands, Magadan, Sakhalin) and also Japan.[1]
The genus name of Pennellia is in honour of Francis W. Pennell (1886–1952), an American botanist best known for his studies of the Scrophulariaceae.[4] The Latin specific epithet of frutescens means shrubby (referring to the habit of the plant).[5] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Amer. Midl. Naturalist Vol.83 on page 362 in 1970.[3][1]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Pennellianthus frutescens (Lamb.) Crosswh". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Pennellianthus Crosswh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ a b Crosswhite, Frank S.; Kawano, Shoichi (1970). "Pennellianthus (Scrophulariaceae)--A New Genus of Japan and USSR". The American Midland Naturalist. pp. 358–367. doi:10.2307/2423949. Retrieved 11 November 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.