Whittonia
Species of flowering plant
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Whittonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Peridiscaceae. It only contains one known species, Whittonia guianensis.[1]
| Whittonia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Peridiscaceae |
| Genus: | Whittonia Sandwith |
| Species: | W. guianensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Whittonia guianensis Sandwith | |
The genus name of Whittonia is in honour of Brian Alan Whitton (b. 1935), an English botanist at Durham University.[2] The Latin specific epithet of guianensis means "of the Guianas" (an area of north eastern South America).[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Kew Bull. Vol.15 on page 468 (written 1961, publblished in 1962).[1]