Symonanthus

Symonanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Laurence Arnold Robert Haegi in Telopea vol.2 on page 175 in 1981.^[1]

Symonanthus
Symonanthus aromaticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Symonanthus Haegi
Synonyms
Isandra F.Muell. in S. Sci. Rec. 3: 2 (1883), nom. illeg. Isandraea Rauschert Taxon 31: 562 (1982)

The genus name of Symonanthus is in honour of David Eric Symon (1920–2011), who was an Australian botanist and taxonomist, from the University of Adelaide and Waite Agricultural Research Institute. He help develop the Waite Arboretum as well.^[2]

Species

As accepted by Kew:^[1]

• Symonanthus aromaticus (C.A.Gardner) Haegi
• Symonanthus bancroftii (F.Muell.) Haegi