Whitmorea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Stemonuraceae. It only contains one known species, 'Whitmorea grandiflora' Sleumer [1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Aquifoliales |
Family: | Stemonuraceae |
Genus: | Whitmorea Sleumer |
Species: | W. grandiflora |
Binomial name | |
Whitmorea grandiflora Sleumer | |
It is native to the Solomon Islands.[1]
The genus name of Whitmorea is in honour of Timothy Charles Whitmore (1935–2002), an English ecologist, botanist, geologist and climatologist.[2] The Latin specific epithet of grandiflora means large flower from Grandis large and flora meaning flower.[3] Both the genus and the species wre first described and published in Blumea Vol.17 on pages 263-264 in 1969.[1]
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Whitmorea |
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Whitmorea grandiflora |
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