Linderniella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae.[1]
| Linderniella | |
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| Linderniella wilmsii in South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Linderniaceae |
| Genus: | Linderniella Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll. |
Its native range is Tropical and southern Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces), Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]
The genus name of Linderniella is in honour of Franz Balthasar von Lindern (1682–1755), French doctor and botanist in Strasbourg and also university botanical garden director.[2] It was first described and published in Willdenowia Vol.43 on page 227 in 2013.[1]
Known species edit
According to Kew:[1]
- Linderniella andongensis (Hiern) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
- Linderniella bolusii (Hiern) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
- Linderniella boutiqueana (R.Germ.) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
- Linderniella brevidens (Skan) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
- Linderniella cerastioides (Bonati) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
- Linderniella gracilis (Skan) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
- Linderniella hartlii (Eb.Fisch. & Hepper) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
- Linderniella horombensis (Eb.Fisch.) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
- Linderniella mbalaensis (Eb.Fisch.) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
- Linderniella nana (Engl.) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
- Linderniella pulchella (Skan) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
- Linderniella pusilla (Urb.) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
- Linderniella pygmaea (Bonati) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
- Linderniella trichotoma (Oliv.) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
- Linderniella ugandensis (Skan) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
- Linderniella wilmsii (Engl.) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll.
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Linderniella Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ 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.