Pittoniotis

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Guettardeae
Genus: Pittoniotis
Species: P. protracta – P. rotata – P. trichantha
Name

Pittoniotis Griseb., 1858

Type species: Pittoniotis trichantha Griseb.

References

Grisebach, A. 1858. Novitiae Florae Panamensis. Bonplandia. 6 :2-12;8.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pittoniotis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 10. Reference page.
Taylor, C.M. & Gereau, R.E. 2010. Rubiacearum Americanarum Magna Hama Pars XXIII: Overview of the Guettardeae Tribe in Central and South America, with Five New Species and Three New Combinations in Chomelia, Neoblakea, Pittoniotis, and Stenostomum. Novon 20 (3): 351-362. DOI: 10.3417/2009045.
Pittoniotis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.[1]

Its native range is from southern Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador, in South America. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, south-western Caribbean and Venezuela.[1]

The genus name of Pittoniotis is in honour of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656–1708), a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants.[2] It was first described and published in Bonplandia (Hannover) Vol.6 on page 8 in 1858.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Pittoniotis protracta (Bartl. ex DC.) Griseb.
Pittoniotis rotata C.M.Taylor
Pittoniotis trichantha Griseb.

References

"Pittoniotis Griseb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 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.