Biology:Oldfeltia

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Oldfeltia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Oldfeltia
B.Nord. & Lundin
Species:
O. polyphlebia
Binomial name
Oldfeltia polyphlebia
(Griseb.) B.Nord. & Lundin
Synonyms[1]
  • Pentacalia polyphlebia (Griseb.) Borhidi
  • Griseb. Senecio polyphlebius

Oldfeltia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.[2] It contains only one known species, Oldfeltia polyphlebia.

It is native to Cuba.[1]

The genus name of Oldfeltia is in honour of Karin Oldfelt Hjertonsson (b. 1940), a Swedish artist who collaborated with the author Bertil Nordenstam. Hjertonsson was the Swedish ambassador to Cuba for several years.[3] The Latin specific epithet of polyphlebia is a portmanteau word, 'poly-' is derived from Greek πολύς (polús) meaning many or much,[4] and '-phlebia' means "veins".[5] Both the genus and species were first described and published in Compositae Newslett. Vol. 38 on pages 66–67 in 2002.[1]

References

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