Lichtensteinia | |
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Lichtensteinia lacera, from Cape Fynbos, Cape Town | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Subfamily: | Apioideae |
Tribe: |
Lichtensteinieae Magee, C.I.Calviño, M.Liu, S.R.Downie, Tilney & B.-E.van Wyk |
Genus: |
Lichtensteinia Cham. & Schltdl. |
Type species | |
Lichtensteinia lacera Cham. & Schltdl.
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Lichtensteinia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. [1] It is also the only genus in the tribe Lichtensteinieae, subfamily Apioideae.
It is native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal (within South Africa). [1]
The genus name of Lichtensteinia is in honour of Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780–1857), a German physician, explorer, botanist and zoologist. [2] It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.1 on page 394 in 1826. [1]
According to Kew: [1]
Lichtensteinia | |
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Lichtensteinia lacera, from Cape Fynbos, Cape Town | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Subfamily: | Apioideae |
Tribe: |
Lichtensteinieae Magee, C.I.Calviño, M.Liu, S.R.Downie, Tilney & B.-E.van Wyk |
Genus: |
Lichtensteinia Cham. & Schltdl. |
Type species | |
Lichtensteinia lacera Cham. & Schltdl.
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Lichtensteinia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. [1] It is also the only genus in the tribe Lichtensteinieae, subfamily Apioideae.
It is native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal (within South Africa). [1]
The genus name of Lichtensteinia is in honour of Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780–1857), a German physician, explorer, botanist and zoologist. [2] It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.1 on page 394 in 1826. [1]
According to Kew: [1]