Biology:Veltheimia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Veltheimia | |
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| Veltheimia bracteata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Genus: | Veltheimia Gled. |
Veltheimia is a genus of perennial plants native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa [1] in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae.[2] It was named in honour of August Ferdinand von Veltheim (1741–1801), a German patron of botany.[3][4]
There are two accepted species:[5][6]
- Veltheimia bracteata Harv. ex Baker
- Veltheimia capensis (L.) DC.
References
- ↑ "Veltheimia", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=291271, retrieved 2015-08-12
- ↑ Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Scilloideae, http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Hyacinthaceae
- ↑ The Names of Plant, D. Gledhill, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. rep. 1996. ISBN:978-0-521-36675-5 p.193
- ↑ "Veltheim, August Ferdinand Graf von". http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/mbl/Biografien/0416.htm.
- ↑ "Genus: Veltheimia Gled.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?12671.
- ↑ "Search results — the Plant List". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Veltheimia.
Wikidata ☰ Q1568809 entry
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