Pedalium

Pedalium is a genus of plant in the Pedaliaceae family comprising one species, Pedalium murex. It is distributed in India, Sri Lanka and Tropical Africa.[2]

This article is about the genus of flowering plants. For the anatomical feature, see Jellyfish.

Pedalium
Pedalium murex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Pedaliaceae
Genus: Pedalium
L.
Species:
P. murex
Binomial name
Pedalium murex
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Pedalium microcarpum Decne.
  • Pedalium muricatum Salisb.
  • Rogeria microcarpa Klotzsch

Etymology

The genera name is derived from the Greek word pedalion meaning 'rudder of a ship'.[3]

References
  1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. "Pedalium murex L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. Ib Friis and Olof Ryding (Editors) Biodiversity Research in the Horn of Africa Region: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea at the Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen, August 25-27, 1999 (2001), p. 65, at Google Books

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