Biology:Rojasimalva

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Rojasimalva
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Rojasimalva
Fryxell

Rojasimalva is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Rojasimalva tetrahedralis Fryxell [1]

It is native to Venezuela.[1]

The genus name of Rojasimalva is in honour of Carmen Emilia Benítez de Rojas (b. 1937), a Venezuelan botanist, university professor. She was also a specialist in Solanaceae.[2] The Latin specific epithet of tetrahedralis is a compound word made up of tetra meaning four, and hedra meaning face or faces.[3] Similar to Tetrahedron (a geometric shape with four faces). Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Ernstia Vol.28 on page 11 in 1984.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Rojasimalva Fryxell | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:893416-1. 
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021. 
  3. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X. 

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