Metternichia | |
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Illustration of Metternichia principis from Curtis's Botanical Magazine vol. 79 in 1853 | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Solanales |
Family: | Solanaceae |
Genus: |
Metternichia J.C.Mikan |
Species: | M. principis
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Binomial name | |
Metternichia principis J.C.Mikan
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Metternichia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. [1] For a long time he only species was Metternichia principis J.C.Mikan. [2], but recently a second species, M. macrocalyx (Carvalho)L.S.de Souza was recognised [3]
It is native to eastern Brazil. [2]
The genus name of Metternichia is in honour of Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859), prince of Ochsenhausen, diplomat and Austrian painter and illustrator. [4] The Latin specific epithet of principis is derived from princeps meaning foremost, but in this case refers to belonging to the prince. [5] Both the genus and species were first described and published by Johann Christian Mikan in Del. Fl. Faun. Bras. on table 13 in 1823. [2] from material collected near Sao Paulo and Copa Cabana. The second species occurs in drier habitat and was described by Carvalho in Solanaceae: Biol. & Syst. 12 (1986).