Neesenbeckia

Neesenbeckia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (SANBI Red List) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Neesenbeckia Levyns
Species:	N. punctoria
Binomial name
Neesenbeckia punctoria (Vahl) Levyns
Synonyms
Buekia punctoria(Vahl) Nees Chaetospora punctoria(Vahl) A.Dietr. Elynanthus punctorius(Vahl) B.D.Jacks. Schoenus punctoriusVahl Tetraria punctoria(Vahl) C.B.Clarke

Neesenbeckia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae. ^[2] The only species is Neesenbeckia punctoria. ^[3]

It is native to the Western Cape in South Africa. ^{[3] [4]}

Taxonomy

The genus name of Neesenbeckia is in honour of Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776–1858), a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. ^[5] The genus has one known synonym, BuekiaNees. ^[2] The Latin specific epithet of punctoria is derived from punctus meaning pricked, punctured or pierced.^{[ citation needed ]} Both the genus and species were first described and published in J. S. African Bot. Vol.13 on page 74 in 1947. ^[3]

Gallery

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  Plant in Table Mountain National Park
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  Matured seed husk
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  Close up of the stalks

References

1. "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
2. "Neesenbeckia Levyns | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
3. "Neesenbeckia punctoria (Vahl) Levyns | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
4. Slingsby, Jasper A.; Verboom, G. Anthony (July 2006). "Phylogenetic Relatedness Limits Co-occurrence at Fine Spatial Scales: Evidence from the Schoenoid Sedges (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae) of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa". The American Naturalist. 168 (1): 14–27. doi:10.1086/505158. PMID   16874612. S2CID   85130644.
5. 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.

External links

• Media related to Neesenbeckia at Wikimedia Commons