Annesijoa
Genus of flowering plants in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae
| Annesijoa | |
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| An animation showing the anagrammatical origin of the genus of Euphorbiaceae name Annesijoa from the genus name Joannesia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Jatropheae |
| Genus: | Annesijoa Pax & K.Hoffm. |
| Species: | A. novoguineensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Annesijoa novoguineensis Pax & K.Hoffm. | |
Annesijoa is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae.[1] The sole species, Annesijoa novoguineensis is endemic to New Guinea.
Etymology
Annesijoa is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the confamilial genus Joannesia. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the king John VI of Portugal.[2]
References
- ^ "Annesijoa — the Plant List".
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. A13. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901.
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