Biology:Mannagettaea

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Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Mannagettaea
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Mannagettaea
Harry Sm.

Mannagettaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.[1] It is a holoparasitic plant.[2]

It is native to southern Siberia (within Irkutsk Oblast and Tuva) and also northern China (in Qinghai).[1]

The genus name of Mannagettaea is in honour of Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau (1856–1931), a prominent Austrian botanist.[3] It was first described and published in Acta Horti Gothob. Vol.8 on page 135 in 1933.[1]

Known species, according to Kew;[1]

  • Mannagettaea hummelii Harry Sm.
  • Mannagettaea labiata Harry Sm.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6700884 entry