Kuepferia

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Kuepferia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Kuepferia
Adr.Favre

Kuepferia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gentianaceae. [1]

Its native range stretches from (East and West) Himalaya to southern Central China. It is also found in Myanmar, Nepal and Tibet. [1]

The genus name of Kuepferia is in honour of Philippe Küpfer (b. 1942), Swiss professor of botany at the University of Neuchâtel and also specialist in Gentianaceae and Ranunculaceae. [2] It was first described and published in Taxon Vol.63 on page 349 in 2014. [1]

Known species

According to Kew: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Kuepferia Adr.Favre | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  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. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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