Sinolimprichtia

Sinolimprichtia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1] It just contains one species, Sinolimprichtia alpina.[1]

Sinolimprichtia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Genus: Sinolimprichtia
H.Wolff
Species:
S. alpina
Binomial name
Sinolimprichtia alpina
H.Wolff

It is native to Tibet and southern central China (in the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan).[1]

The genus name of Sinolimprichtia is in honour of Hans Wolfgang Limpricht (b. 1877), a German botanist who collected plants in China and Japan.[2] The Latin specific epithet of alpina refers to 'alpine' meaning coming from the Alps or mountains.[3] It was first described and published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. Vol.12 on pages 448-449 in 1922.[1]

It has 2 known subspecies;[4]

  • Sinolimprichtia alpina var. alpina
  • Sinolimprichtia alpina var. dissecta R.H.Shan & S.L.Liou

References

  1. "Sinolimprichtia H.Wolff | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 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.
  3. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
  4. "Sinolimprichtia alpina H.Wolff | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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