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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Inuleae |
Genus: | Merrittia Merr. |
Species: | M. benguetensis
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Binomial name | |
Merrittia benguetensis Merr.
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Merrittia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.[1] The only species is Merrittia benguetensis Merr.[2]
It is native to the Philippines.[2]
The genus name of Merrittia is in honour of Melvin Leroy Merritt (1879–1961), an American forester for the Philippine Bureau of Forestry and the US Forest Service.[3] The Latin specific epithet of benguetensis refers to Benguet, a Province of the Philippines. Both genus and species were first described and published in Philipp. J. Sci., C Vol.5 on page 396 in 1910.[2]