Mortoniella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Rauvolfioideae |
Tribe: | Plumerieae |
Subtribe: | Plumeriinae |
Genus: | Mortoniella Woodson |
Species: | M. pittieri
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Binomial name | |
Mortoniella pittieri | |
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Mortoniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1939. It contains only one known species, Mortoniella pittieri, native to Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua).[2][3][4][5]
The genus name of Mortoniella is in honour of Conrad Vernon Morton (1905–1972), an American botanist who did notable writings on Ferns.[6] It was first described and published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol.26 on page 257 in 1939.[1]