Vandasina

Vandasina is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It only contains one known species, Vandasina retusa (Benth.) Rauschert[2]

Vandasina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Kennediinae
Genus: Vandasina
Rauschert (1982)
Species:
V. retusa
Binomial name
Vandasina retusa
(Benth.) Rauschert (1982)
Synonyms[1]
  • Vandasia Domin (1926)
  • Caulinia retusa (Benth.) F.Muell. (1871)
  • Dolichos obcordatus A.Cunn. ex Benth. (1864), not validly publ.
  • Glycine retusa Sol. ex Benth. (1864), not validly publ.
  • Hardenbergia retusa Benth. (1864)
  • Kennedia retusa (Benth.) F.Muell. (1866)
  • Vandasia retusa Domin (1926)

It is a climbing shrub native to the island of New Guinea and Queensland (in Australia).[2]

The genus and species were both first published in Taxon Vol.31 on page 559 in 1982.[2]

The genus name of Vandasina is in honour of Karel (Karl) Vandas (1861–1923), who was a (Bohemian-) Czech Botanist and teacher, who taught in Prague and was Professor of Agriculture and forestry at the Technical College in Brno.[3]

References
  1. Vandasina retusa (Benth.) Rauschert Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  2. "Vandasina Rauschert | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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