| Morsacanthus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Morsacanthus Rizzini |
| Species: | M. nemoralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Morsacanthus nemoralis Rizzini | |
Morsacanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. The only species is Morsacanthus nemoralis Rizzini.
It is native to southern Brazil.
The genus name of Morsacanthus is in honour of Walter Baptist Mors (1920–2008), a Brazilian chemist who researched useful plants. The Latin specific epithet of nemoralis means coming from the forest. Both genus and species were first described and published in Revista Brasil. Biol. Vol.12 on page 261 in 1952.
References
- "Morsacanthus Rizzini | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Morsacanthus nemoralis Rizzini | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 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.
- Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Morsacanthus nemoralis | |