''Megacorax'' is a
monotypic genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Onagraceae. The only species is ''Megacorax gracielanus'' .
It is native to
Mexico.
It was found in Sierra de Coneto,
Durango
Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...
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The genus name of ''Megacorax'' is in honour of
Peter H. Raven (born June 13, 1936) is an American botanist and environmentalist, notable as the longtime director, now President Emeritus, of the
Missouri Botanical Garden.
''Megacorax'' refers to 'great' and '
Corvus' which is the latin name for Raven.
The Latin
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
of ''gracielanus'' honors the botanist Graciela Calderon Diaz-Barriga.
Both the genus and species were first described and published in Novon Vol.12 on page 361 in 2002.
References
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Onagraceae
Onagraceae genera
Monotypic Myrtales genera
Plants described in 2002
Flora of Mexico