| Hartliella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Linderniaceae |
| Genus: | Hartliella Eb.Fisch. |
Hartliella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae. [1]
Its native range is southern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1]
Perennial plants with large sub-terraneous woody rhizomes growing on heavy metal soils. Leaves are largely ovoid, leathery and have a somewhat shining appearance. The lower lip of corolla (petals of the flower) is lacking yellow club-shaped hairs with pluricellular (many cells) base. The filament (stalk) of abaxial (facing away) stamens only weakly curved with a small basal knee-like append-age present or absent. [2]
The genus name of Hartliella is in honour of Dimitri Hartl (1926–2015), a German botanist, professor at the University of Mainz and worked on Scrophulariaceae family. [3] It was first described and published in Trop. Subtrop. Pflanzenwelt Vol.81 on page 204 in 1992. [1]
Known species, according to Kew: [1]
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