Eokochia

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Eokochia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Camphorosmoideae
Tribe: Camphorosmeae
Genus: Eokochia
Freitag & G.Kadereit
Species:
E. saxicola
Binomial name
Eokochia saxicola
(Guss.) Freitag & G.Kadereit
Synonyms

Bassia saxicola(Guss.) A.J.Scott
Kochia saxicolaGuss.

Eokochia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. [1] The only species is Eokochia saxicola. [2]

Its native range is mainland Italy and Sicily. [2]

The genus name is in honour of Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771–1849), a German physician and botanist, [3] and the epithet of 'saxicola' is derived from 2 Latin words; saxum meaning rock and incola meaning dwelling in.

It was first described and published in Taxon Vol.60 on page 72 in 2011. [2]

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References

  1. "Eokochia Freitag & G.Kadereit | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Eokochia saxicola (Guss.) Freitag & G.Kadereit | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  3. 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.