Biology:Aptosimum procumbens

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Short description: Species of plant

Aptosimum procumbens
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Aptosimum
Species:
A. procumbens
Binomial name
Aptosimum procumbens
(Lehm.) Burch. ex Steud.
Synonyms[1]
  • Russelia depressa Ohlendorffia procumbens
  • Lehm. (L.f.) T.Anderson
  • Walp. Aptosimum depressum
  • Ruellia depressa Burch. ex Benth.
  • Calophanes depressus L.f.
  • Harv. Aptosimum depressum var. benthamii

Aptosimum procumbens, the Karoo violet, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae.[1][2][3] It was first described by Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, and given the exact name by William John Burchell and Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15591859 entry