Biology:Poskea
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Poskea Vatke |
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Cockburnia Balf.f. | |
Poskea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.[1]
It is native to Somalia, Socotra and Yemen.[1]
The genus name of Poskea is in honour of Friedrich Poske (1852–1925), a German teacher and natural scientist in Berlin.[2] It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.43 on page 321 in 1882.[1]
Known species
According to Kew:[1]
- Poskea africana Vatke
- Poskea socotrana (Balf.f.) G.Taylor
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Poskea Vatke | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:4762-1.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q922284 entry
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