Lennoa
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| Lennoa madreporoides, Oaxaca Province, Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Lennoa Lex. |
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Lennoa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Lennoa madreporoides Lex. [2] It is within the subfamily of Lennoaceae.[3]
Its native range is Mexico to Venezuela. It is found in the countries of Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Venezuela.[2] It is found on hillside elevations from 1,000–1,350 m (3,280–4,430 ft) above sea level.[4]
It has the common name of Flor de tierra (or “flower of the earth”).[4] It is a root parasite,[4] usually found growing on roots of the Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). The oval mushroom-like stem is 5–15 cm (2–6 in) tall and is covered at maturity with small round,[4] or star-like flowers, which are lavender,[4] or violet with yellow throats.[5] They bloom in the fall (autumn).[4]
The genus name of Lennoa is in honour of Joaquín Leño, a Mexican independence fighter.[6] It has one known synonym Corallophyllum Kunth.[1] The species has the Latin specific epithet of madreporoides which refers to the genus Madrepora (which in Latin means "mother of pores") and the Greco-Roman suffix -oides ("similar to"), due to its resemblance to this genus of corals.
Both the genus and the species were first described and published in P.de La Llave & J.M.de Lexarza, Nov. Veg. Descr. Vol.1 on page 7 in 1824.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Lennoa Lex. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Lennoa madreporoides Lex. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ Yatskievych, George; Mason, Jr., Charles T. (October–December 1986). "A Revision of the Lennoaceae". Systematic Botany. 11 (4): 531–548.
- ^ a b c d e f Paul Schultz Martin (Editor) Gentry's R’o Mayo Plants: The Tropical Deciduous Forest & Environs of Northwest Mexico (1998), p. 381, at Google Books
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1998 The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 7, p. 267, at Google Books
- ^ 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.
Other sources[edit]
- Breedlove, DE 1986. Flora of Chiapas. Florist Listings. Mexico 4: i - v, 1–246.
- CONABIO. 2009. Taxonomic catalog of Mexican species. 1. In Capital Nat. Mexico. CONABIO, Mexico City.
- Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2012. Verbenaceae. 4 (2): 453–473. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang * * Cabrera (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer .. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Gibson, DN 1970. Lennoaceae. In Standley, PC & LO Williams (eds.), Flora of Guatemala - Part IX, Numbers 1 and 2. Fieldiana, Bot. 24 (9 / 1–2): 96–99.
- Grayum, MH 2007. Lennoaceae. In: Manual of Plants of Costa Rica. Vol. 6. BE Hammel, MH Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 111: 187-188.
- Hokche, O., PE Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. New Cat. Fl. Vasc. Venezuela 1–860. Botanical Institute of Venezuela Foundation, Caracas.
- Stevens, WD, C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & OM Montiel Jarquín. 2001. Flora of Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85: i-xlii,.