Maclaudia
| Maclaudia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Maclaudia Venter & R.L.Verh. |
| Species: | M. felixii
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| Binomial name | |
| Maclaudia felixii Venter & R.L.Verh.
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Maclaudia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Maclaudia felixii Venter & R.L.Verh. [3]
Its native range is western and western central Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Cameroon and Guinea.[3]
The genus name of Maclaudia is in honour of Charles Maclaud (1866–1933), French doctor and zoologist; plant and animal collector.[4] The Latin specific epithet of felixii refers to botanist Henri Jacques-Félix, (1907-2008) (Jacq.-Fél.) who is also honoured in the naming of Pitcairnia feliciana. In Paris, Botanists Venter & R.L.Verh. had been studying unknown specimens of plants collected by Maclaud in 1907 from Guinea. In 1937, Henri Jacques-Félix found more specimens of the same plant. Venter & R.L.Verh. realised that they had found a new genus and species and then named it after the 2 plant collectors from the region.[5] Both genus and species were then first described and published by Venter & R.L.Verh. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. Vol.115 on pages 58-59 in 1994.[3]
It grows in forests and savannah.[1]
It is threatened by farming activities and mining & quarrying actions.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Cheek, Martin (25 March 2011). "Species: Maclaudia felixii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Maclaudia Venter & R.L.Verh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Maclaudia felixii Venter & R.L.Verh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Jacques-Félix, Henri. "The Discovery of a Bromeliad in Africa". Selbyana. 21 (1/2): 118–124.