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Merrittia
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Merrittia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.[1] The only species is Merrittia benguetensis Merr.[2]
It is native to the Philippines.[2]
The genus name of Merrittia is in honour of Melvin Leroy Merritt (1879–1961), an American forester for the Philippine Bureau of Forestry and the US Forest Service.[3] The Latin specific epithet of benguetensis refers to Benguet, a Province of the Philippines. Both genus and species were first described and published in Philipp. J. Sci., C Vol.5 on page 396 in 1910.[2]
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