Grazielanthus
| Grazielanthus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Monimiaceae |
| Genus: | Grazielanthus Peixoto & Per.-Moura |
| Species: | G. arkeocarpus |
| Binomial name | |
| Grazielanthus arkeocarpus Peixoto & Per.-Moura | |
Grazielanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae. The only species is Grazielanthus arkeocarpus.
It is native to south-eastern Brazil.
The genus name of Grazielanthus is in honour of Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912–2003), a Brazilian botanist. The Latin specific epithet of arkeocarpus refers to arkeo meaning the ark-like structure and "carpus" = fruit or carpel, which comes from the protection of the fruitlets by the hypanthium (tube or cup-like structure in a flower that includes the bases of sepals, petals, and stamens. It was first described and published in Kew Bull. 63: 138 (2008).