Tateanthus

Tateanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.^[1] It only contains one known species, Tateanthus duidae Gleason^[1]

Tateanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Melastomataceae
Genus:	Tateanthus Gleason

It is native to northern Brazil and Venezuela.^[1]

The genus name of Tateanthus is in honour of George Henry Hamilton Tate (1894–1953), an English-born American zoologist and botanist, who worked as a mammalogist for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.^[2] The Latin specific epithet of duidae refers to Cerro Duida (or Mount Duida).^[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club Vol.58 on page 424 in 1931.^[1]

References

1. "Tateanthus Gleason | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
3. Jobling, J.A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, Bloomsbury Publishing