Georgeantha
Georgeantha is a monotypic genus of herbaceous, rhizomatous plant endemic to Western Australia.[1] The sole species is Georgeantha hexandra. The genus is named after Western Australian botanist Alex George, and the specific epithet, "hexandra", is said to refer to the six (Greek, hexa) stamens (-andrus, male).[1] The proper word for "six" in ancient Greek is however hex (ἕξ).[2] No words in ancient Greek can be found on -andrus, however words on -andros (-ανδρος) are attested, such as misandros (μίσανδρος, hating men) and polyandros (πολύανδρος, full of men, populous) with anēr (ἀνήρ) as proper word for man.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Ecdeiocoleaceae |
| Genus: | Georgeantha B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson[1] |
| Species: | G. hexandra |
| Binomial name | |
| Georgeantha hexandra | |
References
- Briggs, Barbara G.; Johnson, L.A.S. (1998). "Georgeantha hexandra, a new genus and species of Ecdeiocoleaceae (Poales) from Western Australia". Telopea. 7 (4): 307–312.
- Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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