Balthasaria

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Balthasaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Pentaphylacaceae
Tribe: Freziereae
Genus: Balthasaria
Verdc.
Synonyms

Melchiora Kobuski[1]

Balthasaria is a genus of plant in the family Pentaphylacaceae.[2] They are found in Africa, within Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaïre.[1] Originally the species was called Melchiora by Clarence Emmeren Kobuski in 1956 in honour of Hans Melchior (1894 - 1984) a German botanist, but this was deemed incorrect by IPNI, as Kobuski should have formed his name by adding 'ia' to Melchior, becoming an illegitimate homonym for the fungal genus Melchioria published by Penzig and Saccardo in 1897, in honor of Melchior Treub. Botanist Bernard Verdcourt noted "Since a new name is inevitable I have chosen one based on one of the other 'wise men", ie, Balthazar.[3] It contains the following species :

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Balthasaria Verdc. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2014-09-18
  3. ↑ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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