Biology:Lehmanniella

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Short description: Genus of plants

Lehmanniella
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Lehmanniella
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Lehmanniella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gentianaceae.[1]

It is native to Colombia and Peru.[1]

The genus name of Lehmanniella is in honour of Friedrich Carl Lehmann (1850–1903), a German Consul to Colombia, mining engineer, amateur botanist and mycologist, and botanical collector.[2] It was first described and published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Vol.4 (Issue 2) on page 101 in 1895.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

  • Lehmanniella huanucensis J.E.Simonis ex Maas
  • Lehmanniella splendens (Hook.) Ewan

References

Wikidata ☰ Q9021233 entry