Liebigia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.[1]

Liebigia
Liebigia barbata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Liebigia
Endl.
Synonyms
  • Morstdorffia Steud.
  • Tromsdorffia Blume
  • Bilabium Miq.
  • Hypopteron Hassk.

It is native to Java, Sumatera and Lesser Sunda Islands.[1]

The genus name of Liebigia is in honour of Justus von Liebig (1803–1873), a German scientist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry, and is considered one of the principal founders of organic chemistry.[2] It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. on page 1407 in 1841.[1]

Known species

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According to Kew:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Liebigia Endl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.