Somrania

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Somrania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Somrania
D.J.Middleton

Somrania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.[1]

It is native to Thailand.[1]

The genus name of Somrania is in honour of Somran Suddee (fl. 1998),[2] a Thai plant collector and botanist who worked at the Forest Herbarium in Bangkok in Thailand.[3] It was first described and published in Thai Forest Bull., Bot. Vol.40 on page 10 in 2012.[1]

Known species[edit]

According to Kew:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Somrania D.J.Middleton | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Suddee, Somran | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ 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.