Biology:Polemanniopsis

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Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Polemanniopsis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Steganotaenieae
Genus: Polemanniopsis
B.L.Burtt

Polemanniopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1]

It is native to the Cape Provinces and Namibia in South Africa.[1]

The genus name of Polemanniopsis is in honour of Peter Heinrich Polemann (1779 – 1839), a German chemist and apothecary who supported plant collectors in Schleswig-Holstein, who went to Cape Town, South Africa.[2] It was first described and published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh Vol.45 on page 498 (written in 1988, published in 1989.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Polemanniopsis marlothii (H.Wolff) B.L.Burtt
  • Polemanniopsis namibensis B.-E.van Wyk, A.Burke & Mannh.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10350795 entry