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'''''Mwasumbia''''' is a [[monotypic genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the family [[Annonaceae]]. The only species is '''''Mwasumbia alba'''''.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=Mwasumbia Couvreur & D.M.Johnson {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A77102255-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
'''''Mwasumbia''''' is a [[monotypic genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the family [[Annonaceae]]. The only known species is '''''Mwasumbia alba'''''.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Mwasumbia'' Couvreur & D.M.Johnson {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A77102255-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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It is native to Tanzania.<ref name="POWO" /> |
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The genus name of ''Mwasumbia'' is in honour of Leonard B. Mwasumbi (b.1938), a Tanzanian botanist, plant taxonomist, specialist in Tanzanian flora, and former head of the [[Herbarium]] at the [[University of Dar es Salaam]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref> |
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The genus was [[circumscription (taxonomy)|circumscribed]] by [[Thomas Louis Pierre Couvreur]] and [[David Mark Johnson]] in Syst. Bot. vol.34 (Issue 2) on page 268 and 270 in 2009.<ref name="POWO" /> |
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The Latin [[binomial nomenclature|specific epithet]] ''alba'' (of the species) means “white”,<ref name=RHSLG>{{cite book |last=Harrison |first=Lorraine |title=RHS Latin for Gardeners |year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley |location=United Kingdom |isbn=978-1845337315 }}</ref> referring to the white flowers. |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Mwasumbia Couvreur & D.M.Johnson |
| Species: | M. alba
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Mwasumbia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae. The only known species is Mwasumbia alba.[1]
It is native to Tanzania.[1]
The genus name of Mwasumbia is in honour of Leonard B. Mwasumbi (b.1938), a Tanzanian botanist, plant taxonomist, specialist in Tanzanian flora, and former head of the Herbarium at the University of Dar es Salaam.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Thomas Louis Pierre Couvreur and David Mark Johnson in Syst. Bot. vol.34 (Issue 2) on page 268 and 270 in 2009.[1]
The Latin specific epithet alba (of the species) means “white”,[3] referring to the white flowers.
References
- ^ a b c "Mwasumbia Couvreur & D.M.Johnson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.