Krauseola is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. It includes two species of annual or perennial herbs native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, and KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.[1]

Krauseola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Krauseola
Pax & K.Hoffm.
Synonyms

Pleiosepalum Moss


The genus name of Krauseola is in honour of Johannes Krause (1900–1979), a German botanist.[2]

It was first described and published in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed.2, 16c on page 308 in 1934.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Krauseola Pax & K.Hoffm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  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.