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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Dialypetalantheae |
| Genus: | Wittmackanthus Kuntze |
| Species: | W. stanleyanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Wittmackanthus stanleyanus (M.R.Schomb.) Kuntze | |
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Wittmackanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, Wittmackanthus stanleyanus, which is found in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Guyana.
The genus has one known synonym of Pallasia Klotzsch The genus name of Wittmackanthus is in honour of Ludwig Wittmack (1839–1929), a German botanist. The specific epithet honors the British Colonial Secretary, Lord Stanley. Both the genus and the species were described and published by Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. Vol.1 on page 302 in 1891.
References
- "Wittmackanthus in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ^ "Wittmackanthus Kuntze | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- 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.
- Description of a new Species of Calycophyllum from British Guiana; by the Chevalier Robt. H. Schomburgk, Ph. D. The London journal of botany. vol. 3. pages 621-623. 1844.
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