Lindenbergia

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Lindenbergia
Lindenbergia philippensis 2.jpg
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Lindenbergia

Lehm.

Lindenbergia is a genus of herbaceous plants in the order Lamiales and in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. It is one of the only two genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains 12[1] species found in Africa and Asia, and is most abundant in India.[1]

It is named in honor of Johann Bernhard Wilhelm Lindenberg, a lawyer and bryologist from Germany.[2]

A partial list of species are:

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Lindenbergia Lehmann". Flora of China.
  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.


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