Moquiniella

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Moquiniella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Moquiniella
Balle
Synonyms
  • Lichtensteinia elegansTiegh.
  • Loranthus burchellii(DC.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Loranthus elegansCham. & Schltdl.
  • Loranthus schlechtendalianusSchult. & Schult.f.
  • Moquinia rubraA.Spreng.
The only type of Moquiniella: Moquiniella Rubra Moquiniella rubra01.jpg
The only type of Moquiniella: Moquiniella Rubra

Moquiniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae. [1] It only contains one known species, Moquiniella rubra(A.Spreng.) Balle [2]

It is native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces (region in South Africa). [2]

The genus name of Moquiniella is in honour of Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804–1863), a French naturalist and doctor. [3] The genus of Moquiniella has 2 known synonyms, LichtensteiniaJ.C.Wendl. and MoquiniaA.Spreng.. [1] The Latin specific epithet of rubra means red. [4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge Vol.25 on pages 1628-1630 in 1954. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Moquiniella Balle | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Moquiniella rubra (A.Spreng.) Balle | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 October 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.
  4. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   184533731X.
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