Biology:Moquiniella

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Moquiniella
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Moquiniella
Balle
Synonyms
  • Loranthus schlechtendalianus Lichtensteinia elegans
  • Tiegh. (DC.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Schult. & Schult.f. Moquinia rubra
  • Loranthus elegans A.Spreng.
  • Loranthus burchellii Cham. & Schltdl.

Moquiniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Moquiniella rubra (A.Spreng.) Balle[2]

It is native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces (region in South Africa).[2]

The genus name of Moquiniella is in honour of Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804–1863), a French naturalist and doctor.[3] The genus of Moquiniella has 2 known synonyms, Lichtensteinia J.C.Wendl. and Moquinia A.Spreng..[1] The Latin specific epithet of rubra means red.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge Vol.25 on pages 1628-1630 in 1954.[1][2]

References

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