Tirpitzia

Tirpitzia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linaceae.[1] It is also in the subfamily Linoideae.

Tirpitzia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Linaceae
Subfamily: Linoideae
Genus: Tirpitzia
Hallier f.

Its native range is southern China to Vietnam and Taiwan.[1]

The genus name of Tirpitzia is in honour of Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930), a German grand admiral, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office.[2] It was first described and published in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. Vol.39 (Issue 2) on page 5 in 1921.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Tirpitzia bilocularis Suksathan & K.Larsen
  • Tirpitzia ovoidea Chun & F.C.How ex W.L.Sha
  • Tirpitzia sinensis (Hemsl.) Hallier f.

References
  1. "Tirpitzia Hallier f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 March 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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