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Hallianthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Subfamily: Ruschioideae
Tribe: Ruschieae
Genus: Hallianthus
H.E.K.Hartmann
Species: H. planus
Binomial name
Hallianthus planus
(L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann
Synonyms
  • Leipoldtia compressa L.Bolus
  • Leipoldtia plana (L.Bolus) L.Bolus

Hallianthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It only contains one species, Hallianthus planus

It is native to the Cape Provinces of the South African Republic.

The genus name of Hallianthus is in honour of Harry Hall (1906ā€“1986), a British-born horticulturist, botanist and succulent plant authority. The Latin specific epithet of planus refers to flat. Hallianthus planus was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.104 on page 167 in 1983.

References

  1. "Hallianthus H.E.K.Hartmann | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Hallianthus planus (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, Dā€“L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  4. Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.
Taxon identifiers
Hallianthus
Hallianthus planus
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