Biology:Lenzia (plant)

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Lenzia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Montiaceae
Genus: Lenzia
Phil.
Synonyms

Lenzia vernonioides Sch.Bip. ex Phil.

Lenzia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Lenzia chamaepitys Phil. [2]

Its native range is southern South America and it is found in Argentina and Chile.[2]

The genus name of Lenzia is in honour of Harald Othmar Lenz (1798–1870), a German teacher and naturalist in Thuringia and also historian of science, as well as a specialist in fungi and sponges.[3] The Latin specific epithet of chamaepitys refers the Ancient Greek words chamae meaning "ground hugging", and also pitys meaning "pine", from resemblance of the foliage to that of pine trees.[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Linnaea Vol.33 on page 222 in 1864.[2]

References

  1. "Lenzia Phil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1228-1. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Lenzia chamaepitys Phil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60880-1. 
  3. 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. 
  4. Wrigley, John; Fagg, Murray (1991). Banksias, Waratahs and Grevilleas. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. p. 479. ISBN 0-207-17277-3. 

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