Biology:Afrobrunnichia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Afrobrunnichia is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with two species in West Africa.
It is native to Angola, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Zaïre.[1]
The genus name of Afrobrunnichia is in honour of Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737–1827), a Danish zoologist and mineralogist.[2] It was first described and published in Fl. W. Trop. Afr. Vol.1 on page 118 in 1927.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Afrobrunnichia Hutch. & Dalziel | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:32416-1.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q4690240 entry
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