Biology:Lichtensteinia (plant)
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Short description: Genus of flowering plant
| Lichtensteinia | |
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| Lichtensteinia lacera, from Cape Fynbos, Cape Town | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Lichtensteinieae Magee, C.I.Calviño, M.Liu, S.R.Downie, Tilney & B.-E.van Wyk |
| Genus: | Lichtensteinia Cham. & Schltdl. |
| Type species | |
| Lichtensteinia lacera Cham. & Schltdl.
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Lichtensteinia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1] It is also the only genus in the tribe Lichtensteinieae, subfamily Apioideae.
It is native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal (within South Africa).[1]
The genus name of Lichtensteinia is in honour of Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780–1857), a German physician, explorer, botanist and zoologist.[2] It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.1 on page 394 in 1826.[1]
Known species
According to Kew:[1]
- Lichtensteinia crassijuga E.Mey. ex Sond.
- Lichtensteinia globosa B.-E.van Wyk & Tilney
- Lichtensteinia interrupta (Thunb.) E.Mey. ex Sond.
- Lichtensteinia lacera Cham. & Schltdl.
- Lichtensteinia latifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Lichtensteinia obscura (Spreng.) Koso-Pol.
- Lichtensteinia trifida Cham. & Schltdl.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Lichtensteinia Cham. & Schltdl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331718-2.
- ↑ 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.
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