Samuelssonia
'Samuelssonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae,[1] it has only one known species, Samuelssonia verrucosa Urb. & Ekman
| Samuelssonia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Samuelssonia Urb. & Ekman |
The genus and the species were both circumscribed by Ignaz Urban and Eric Leonard Ekman in Arkiv Bot. vol.22A (8) on pages 96-97 in 1929.[1]
The genus name of Samuelssonia is in honour of Gunnar Samuelsson (1885–1944), who was a Swedish botanist, from the Uppsala University where he was a curator of the Botanical Museum. Between 1924-1944, he was Professor and Director of the Riksmuseum in Stockholm.[2]
References
- "Samuelssonia Urb. & Ekman | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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