Ivanjohnstonia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: |
Ivanjohnstonia Kazmi |
Species: | I. jaunsariensis
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Binomial name | |
Ivanjohnstonia jaunsariensis |
Ivanjohnstonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. [1] The only species is Ivanjohnstonia jaunsariensis Kazmi [2] Its native range is the Western Himalaya. [2]
The genus name of Ivanjohnstonia is in honour of Ivan Murray Johnston (1898–1960), an American botanist. [3] and the Latin specific epithet of jaunsariensis refers to the Jaunsar-Bawar region in northern India. Both genus and species were first described and published in Sultania Vol.1 on page 1 in 1975. [2]