Abuta pahnii is a species of the Abuta genus, which is part of the flowering plant family Menispermaceae. This genus consists of about 32 species, native to tropical Central and South America.
| Abuta pahnii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Menispermaceae |
| Genus: | Abuta |
| Species: | A. pahnii
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| Binomial name | |
| Abuta pahnii | |
The plant was first published in Phytologia in 1958.[1]
Taxonomy
editThe name Abuta ecuadoriensis is a junior synonym. It was first published in H.G.A. Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 94: 15 (1910). Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius originally named the species Cocculus pahni Mart. in 1841. The current name was assigned by Krukoff & Barneby.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Abuta ecuadorensis Moldenke". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ Krukoff, & Barneby. (1971). In: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22 (2), 43.
