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Santisukia

Santisukia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae.

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Santisukia
Brummitt
Synonyms

Barnettia Santisuk

Santisukia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae.1

It is native to Thailand.1

The genus name of Santisukia is in honour of Thawatchai Santisuk (b. 1944), a Thai herbarium director in Bangkok.2 It was first described and published in Kew Bull. Vol.47 on page 436 in 1992.1

Known species

According to Kew:1

  • Santisukia kerrii (Barnett & Sandwith) Brummitt
  • Santisukia pagetii (Craib) Brummitt
References

References

  1. "Santisukia Brummitt | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.