''Rogersonanthus'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
s belonging to the family
Gentianaceae
Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 103 genera and about 1600 species.
Etymology
The family takes its name from the genus '' Gentiana'', named after the Illyrian king Gentius.
Distribution
Distribution is cosmopolitan.
Characteri ...
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Its native range is Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela in northern South America.
The genus name of ''Rogersonanthus'' is in honour of
Clark Thomas Rogerson
Clark Thomas Rogerson, (2 October 1918 – 7 September 2001), was an American mycologist. He was known for his work in the Hypocreales (Ascomycota), particularly '' Hypomyces'', a genus of fungi that parasitize other fungi. After receiving ...
(1918–2001), an American
mycologist
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans, including as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, as w ...
.
It was first described and published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. Vol.51 on page 3 in 1989.
Known species, according to Kew:
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Rogersonanthus arboreus''
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Rogersonanthus quelchii''
References
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Gentianaceae
Gentianaceae genera
Plants described in 1989
Flora of Guyana
Flora of Trinidad and Tobago
Flora of Venezuela