Briggsiopsis
Briggsiopsis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Genus: | Briggsiopsis K.Y.Pan (1985) |
Species: | B. delavayi |
Binomial name | |
Briggsiopsis delavayi (Franch.) K.Y.Pan (1985) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Briggsiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It contains only one known species, Briggsiopsis delavayi.[2]
It is a perennial native to southern Sichuan, northeastern Yunnan, and Guizhou in south-central China.[1]
The species was first described as Didissandra delavayi by Adrien René Franchet in 1899. In 1985 Kai Yu Pan placed it in a new monotypic genus as Briggsiopsis delavayi.[1] The genus is named in honour of Munro Briggs Scott (1889–1917), a Scottish botanist and British officer who was killed in the First World War[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Briggsiopsis delavayi (Franch.) K.Y.Pan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Briggsiopsis K.Y.Pan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ Gledhill, David (2002). The Names of Plants (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 78. ISBN 9780521866453.