Lafuentea

Lafuentea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.[1]

Lafuentea
Lafuentea rotundifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Lafuentea
Lag.
Synonyms

Durieua Mérat

Its native range is the Western Mediterranean, where it is found in Morocco and Spain.[1]

The genus name of Lafuentea is in honour of Tadeo Lafuente (b. c. 1780), Spanish military doctor who wrote about yellow fever.[2] It was first described and published in Gen. Sp. Pl. on page 19 in 1816.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

  • Lafuentea jeanpertiana Maire
  • Lafuentea rotundifolia Lag.

References
  1. "Lafuentea Lag. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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