Mwasumbia Explained

Mwasumbia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae. The only known species is Mwasumbia alba.^[1]

It is native to Tanzania.

The genus name of Mwasumbia is in honour of Leonard B. Mwasumbi (b.1938), a Tanzanian botanist, plant taxonomist, specialist in Tanzanian flora, and former head of the Herbarium at the University of Dar es Salaam.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Thomas Louis Pierre Couvreur and David Mark Johnson in Syst. Bot. vol.34 (Issue 2) on page 268 and 270 in 2009.

The Latin specific epithet alba (of the species) means “white”,^[3] referring to the white flowers.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mwasumbia Couvreur & D.M.Johnson Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 27 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.
3. Book: Harrison, Lorraine . RHS Latin for Gardeners . 2012 . Mitchell Beazley . United Kingdom . 978-1845337315 .