Wimmerella
Wimmerella | |
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Wimmerella hedyotidea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Campanulaceae |
Subfamily: | Lobelioideae |
Genus: | Wimmerella Serra, & |
Wimmerella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Campanulaceae.[1] It is also in the Lobelioideae subfamily.
It is native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal within South Africa.[1]
Known species[]
There are 10 accepted species;[1]
- (C.Presl) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- (Thunb.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- (E.Wimm.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- (E.Phillips) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- (Sond.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- (Schltr.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- (E.Wimm.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- (E.Wimm.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- (Thunb.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- (L.f.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
The genus name of Wimmerella is in honour of (1881–1961), an Austrian clergyman and botanist, also professor of natural history in Istanbul, Turkey and specialist in Lobeliaceae.[2] It was first described and published in Novon Vol.9 on page 415 in 1999.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Wimmerella Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers | 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.
Categories:
- Campanulaceae
- Campanulaceae genera
- Plants described in 1999
- Flora of the Cape Provinces
- Flora of KwaZulu-Natal