# Ivanjohnstonia

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{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
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| genus = Ivanjohnstonia
| parent_authority = Kazmi 
| species = jaunsariensis
| authority = [Kazmi](/source/Syed_Muhammad_Anwar_Kazmi)
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'''''Ivanjohnstonia''''' is a [monotypic genus](/source/monotypic_genus) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s belonging to the family [Boraginaceae](/source/Boraginaceae).<ref>{{cite web |title=''Ivanjohnstonia'' Kazmi {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:4626-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The only species is '''''Ivanjohnstonia jaunsariensis''''' {{small|Kazmi}}
<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Ivanjohnstonia jaunsariensis'' Kazmi {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:117372-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=5 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
Its native range is the [Western Himalaya](/source/Western_Himalaya).<ref name="POWO" />

The genus name of ''Ivanjohnstonia'' is in honour of [Ivan Murray Johnston](/source/Ivan_Murray_Johnston) (1898–1960), an American botanist.<ref>{{cite book | last=Quattrocchi | first=Umberto | title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L | publisher=CRC Press | location=Boca Raton, Florida | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-8493-2676-9}}</ref> and the Latin [specific epithet](/source/binomial_nomenclature) of ''jaunsariensis'' refers to the [Jaunsar-Bawar](/source/Jaunsar-Bawar) region in northern India.
Both genus and species were first described and published in Sultania Vol.1 on page 1 in 1975.<ref name="POWO" />

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Category:Boraginoideae
Category:Boraginaceae genera
Category:Monotypic Boraginales genera
Category:Plants described in 1845
Category:Flora of West Himalaya

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