Rhaphithamnus

Rhaphithamnus spinosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Verbenaceae
Genus: Rhaphithamnus
Species (2): R. spinosus – R. venustus

Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based uncritically on accepted species according to The Plant List. Check 4 unresolved names.

Name

Rhaphithamnus Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 95 (1870)

Type species: Rhaphithamnus spinosus (Juss.) Moldenke Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 69. (1937) Designated as its synonym Rhaphithamnus cyanocarpum (Hook. & Arn.) Miers (1870).

Synonyms

• Poeppigia Bertero ex Férussac, Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 23: 109 (1830) nom. illeg.
• Raphithamnus Dalla Torre & Harms, Gen. Siphon. 431 (1904)

References

• Miers, J. (1870) Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 27: 95.
• Marx, H.E., O'Leary, N., Yuan, Y.W., Lu-Irving, P., Tank, D.C., Múlgura de Romero, M.E. & Olmstead, R.G. 2010. A molecular phylogeny and classification of Verbenaceae. American Journal of Botany 97(10): 1647–1663. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000144 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Rhaphithamnus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 1. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Rhaphithamnus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Nov. 2014.
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Rhaphithamnus. Published online. Accessed: 13 January 2016.