Portenschlagiella

Portenschlagiella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It has one known synonym of Portenschlagia Vis.[2] It only contains one known species, Portenschlagiella ramosissima (Port.) Tutin[1]

Portenschlagiella
Portenschlagiella ramosissima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Portenschlagiella
Tutin
Synonyms[1]
  • Athamanta flavescens Vis.
  • Athamanta verticillata Port.
  • Cuminum ramosissimum (Port.) Koso-Pol.
  • Portenschlagia ramosissima (Port.) Vis.
  • Seseli lucanum Barbaz.
  • Seseli ramosissimum (Port.) M.Hiroe

Its native range is southern Italy and the western Balkan Peninsula, and it is found in Albania, Italy and Yugoslavia.[1]

The genus name of Portenschlagiella is in honour of Franz Edler von Portenschlag-Ledermayr (1772–1822), an Austrian lawyer and botanist. Who collected in the Alps and the Dalmatian islands.[3] The Latin specific epithet of ramosissima is derived from ramosissimus meaning 'with many branches'.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Feddes Repert. Vol.74 on page 32 in 1967.[1]

References
  1. "Portenschlagiella ramosissima (Port.) Tutin". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. "Portenschlagiella Tutin | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
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