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The Genus Anetanthus (Gesneriaceae)

1975; Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; Volume: 56; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5962/p.185855

2474-3283

Richard A. Howard,

Plant Parasitism and Resistance

The genus Anetanthus was described in Bentham and Hooker's Genera Plantarum (2 : 1025Plantarum (2 : .1876)), where it was attributed to Hiern with the reference "PI.Bras.Warm, ined."Species were reported to be four or five from Brazil, Peru, and Mexico, with a numbered but unnamed collection, Lechler 2723, cited from Peru.No specific names or combinations were used, although three additional taxa, Dicyrta parvijlora, Russelia alata, and Tapina villosa, were said to be included in the new genus.The following year Hiern published a comparable generic description for Anetanthus (Warming, Symb.Fl.Bras.23: 93.1877) and cited the reference to Genera Plantarum.He described a single species as Anetanthus gracilis and referred to a Warming collection, without number, from Lagoa Santa, Brazil.In addition, Hiern noted the fact that Bentham and Hooker assigned three other species to the genus, but he also did not use the specific names in combination with Anetanthus.Jackson (Ind.