Purdieanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gentianaceae. The only known species is Purdieanthus pulcher.[2]

Purdieanthus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Purdieanthus
Gilg
Species:
P. pulcher
Binomial name
Purdieanthus pulcher
(Hook.) Gilg
Synonyms[1]
  • Helia pulchra (Hook.) Kuntze
  • Lehmanniella pulchra (Hook.) J.E.Simonis ex Maas
  • Lisianthius pulcher Hook.

It is native to Colombia.[1]

The genus name of Purdieanthus is in honour of William Purdie (c. 1817 – 1857), a Scottish gardener at botanical gardens in Edinburgh and Trinidad. He collected plants in Jamaica, Colombia and Venezuela.[3] The Latin specific epithet of pulcher means beautiful.It is derived from feminine pulchra or neuter pulchrum.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Vol.4 (Issue 2) on page 99 in 1895.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Purdieanthus pulcher (Hook.) Gilg". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Purdieanthus Gilg | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.