Oberholzeria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Oberholzeria etendekaensis which is endemic to Namibia.[2] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, though its tribal affiliation is unclear.

Oberholzeria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Genistoids
Clade: Core genistoids
Genus: Oberholzeria
Swanepoel, M.M.le Roux, M.F.Wojc. & A.E.van Wyk (2015)
Species:
O. etendekaensis
Binomial name
Oberholzeria etendekaensis
Swanepoel, M.M.le Roux, M.F.Wojc. & A.E.van Wyk (2015)

The genus and species were circumscribed by Wessel Swanepoel, Margaretha Marianne le Roux, Martin F. Wojciechowski and Abraham Erasmus Van Wyk in PLoS ONE 10(3): e122080 (11+12) in 2015.[2]

The genus name of Oberholzeria is in honour of Johanna Allettha Oberholzer (b.1965), she is the wife of South African botanist and genus author Wessel Swanepoel.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Swanepoel W, le Roux MM, Wojciechowski MF, van Wyk AE (2015). "Oberholzeria (Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae), a New Monotypic Legume Genus from Namibia". PLOS ONE. 10 (3): e0122080. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1022080S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0122080. PMC 4376691. PMID 25816251.
  2. ^ a b "Oberholzeria Swanepoel, M.M.le Roux, M.F.Wojc. & A.E.van Wyk | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 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.