Biology:Wimmerella
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Wimmerella | |
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| Wimmerella hedyotidea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lobelioideae |
| Genus: | Wimmerella Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers |
Wimmerella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Campanulaceae.[1] It is also in the Lobelioideae subfamily.
It is native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal within South Africa.[1]
Known species
There are 10 accepted species;[1]
- Wimmerella arabidea (C.Presl) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- (Thunb.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers (E.Phillips) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- (E.Wimm.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers Wimmerella pygmaea
- Wimmerella hederacea (Thunb.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- Wimmerella frontidentata (Sond.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- (L.f.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers Wimmerella hedyotidea
- Wimmerella bifida (E.Wimm.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- (Schltr.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers Wimmerella longitubus
- Wimmerella giftbergensis (E.Wimm.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- Wimmerella secunda Wimmerella mariae
The genus name of Wimmerella is in honour of Franz Elfried Wimmer (1881–1961), an Austrian clergyman and botanist, also professor of natural history in Istanbul, Turkey and specialist in Lobeliaceae.[2] It was first described and published in Novon Vol.9 on page 415 in 1999.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Wimmerella Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1009906-1.
- ↑ 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 ☰ Q15726743 entry
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