Knowltonia whyteana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Ranunculaceae
Subfamilia: Ranunculoideae
Tribus: Anemoneae
Genus: Knowltonia
Species: Knowltonia whyteana

Name

Knowltonia whyteana (Baker f.) Engl., Veg. Erde [Engler] 9(3, 1): 170, in obs. (1915)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Anemone peneensis Baker f. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 16 (1911)
• Homotypic
  • Anemone whyteana Baker f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 4 (1894)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa East Tropical Africa Tanzania. South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Engler, A. & Drude, O. 1915. Die Vegetation der Erde: Sammlung pflanzengeographischer Monographien. 9(III 1): 865 pgs. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Baker, E.G. 1894. The Plants of Milanji, Nyasa-land, collected by Mr. Alexander Whyte, F.L.S., and described by Messrs. Britten, E.G. Baker, Rendle, Gepp, and others; with an Introduction by William Carruthers, F.R.S, F.L.S. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd series: Botany 4: 1–67. Plates I-X, and map. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Knowltonia whyteana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Knowltonia whyteana. Published online. Accessed: May 28 2023.