Lueheopsis

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Lueheopsis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Lueheopsis
Burret

Lueheopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. [1] It is also in the subfamily of Grewioideae.

Its native range is southern Tropical America. It is found in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. [1]

The genus name of Lueheopsis is in honour of Carl Emil von der Luehe or Lühe (1751–1801), a German botanist and chamberlain of Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark; later a chamberlain in Vienna, Austria. [2] 'Opsis' refers to the Ancient Greek word ὄψις meaning aspect or appearance. [3] [4] It was first described and published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem Vol.9 on page 838 in 1926. [1] ὄψις (ópsis, “aspect", "appearance”)

Species

According to Kew: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lueheopsis Burret | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 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 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. Oxford English Dictionary
  4. ὄψις entry in Liddell-Scott disctionary at the Perseus project