• Source: Wittmackanthus

Wittmackanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, Wittmackanthus stanleyanus, which is found in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Guyana.
The genus has one known synonym of Pallasia Klotzsch
The genus name of Wittmackanthus is in honour of Ludwig Wittmack (1839–1929), a German botanist. The specific epithet honors the British Colonial Secretary, Lord Stanley.
Both the genus and the species were described and published by Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. Vol.1 on page 302 in 1891.




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Wittmackanthus in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae

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• Daftar genus anggota Rubiaceae
• Rubiaceae
• Wittmackanthus
• List of Rubiaceae genera
• Ludwig Wittmack
• Dialypetalantheae
• List of plant genera named for people (Q–Z)