Aeginetia

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Aeginetia
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Aeginetia sinensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Tribe: Buchnereae
Genus: Aeginetia
L. [1]
Species

See text

Synonyms [1]
  • Centronia Blume
  • Centronota DC. ex Meisn.
  • Gasparinia Endl.
  • Oeginetia Wight
  • Tronicena Steud.

Aeginetia is a genus of plants in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae, native mostly to tropical Asia and also Cameroon (in Africa). [1]

It is found within Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, southern China, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. [1]

The genus name of Aeginetia is in honour of Paul of Aegina (c. 625 – c. 690), a Byzantine Greek born physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia, Medical Compendium in Seven Books. [2] It was first described and published in Sp. Pl. on page 632 in 1753. [1]

Species

As of May 2020, Plants of the World Online recognises the following species: [1]

  1. Aeginetia acaulis (Roxb.) Walp. (synonym A.sessilisShivam. & Rajanna) [3]
  2. Aeginetia flava J.Parn.
  3. Aeginetia indica L.
  4. Aeginetia mirabilis (Blume) Bakh.
  5. Aeginetia mpomii Letouzey
  6. Aeginetia selebica Bakh.
  7. Aeginetia sinensis Beck

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Aeginetia". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  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.
  3. ↑ Nuraliev MS et al. (2023) Sorting out Aeginetia (Orobanchaceae) in Indochina: A. sessilis is a synonym of A. acaulisPhytotaxa, 597 [4]: 17 May 2023
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