Polemannia

Polemannia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1]

Polemannia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Heteromorpheae
Genus: Polemannia
Eckl. & Zeyh.[1]

It is native to South Africa (the Cape Provinces, the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal) and Lesotho.[1]

The genus name of Polemannia is in honour of Peter Heinrich Polemann (1779 – 1839), a German chemist and apothecary who supported plant collectors in Schleswig-Holstein, who went to Cape Town, South Africa.[2] It was first described and published in Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. on page 347 in 1837.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Polemannia grossulariifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Polemannia montana Schltr. & H.Wolff
  • Polemannia simplicior Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

References

  1. "Polemannia Eckl. & Zeyh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 November 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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