Volkensinia
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Volkensinia Schinz, 1912 |
Species: | V. prostrata
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Binomial name | |
Volkensinia prostrata (Volkens ex Gilg) Schinz
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Volkensinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It only contains one known species; 'Volkensinia prostrata' (Volkens ex Gilg) Schinz [2] It is in the subfamily of Amaranthoideae.
Its native range is north eastern and eastern Tropical Africa, it is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Tanzania.[1][2]
The genus name of Volkensinia is in honour of Georg Volkens (1855–1917), a German botanist born in Berlin.[3] The Latin specific epithet of prostrata means on the ground as derived from prostrate.[4] Both the genus and the sole species were first described and published in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich Vol.57 on page 535 in 1912.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Volkensinia prostrata (Volkens ex Gilg) Schinz". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "Volkensinia Schinz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 March 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
Categories:
- Amaranthaceae
- Amaranthaceae genera
- Plants described in 1912
- Flora of Ethiopia
- Flora of Kenya
- Flora of Sudan
- Flora of Tanzania