Przewalskia

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Przewalskia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Solanoideae
Tribe: Hyoscyameae
Genus: Przewalskia
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Przewalskia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. [1]

Its native range is western and central China, Tibet to eastern Himalaya. [1]

The genus name of Przewalskia is in honour of Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839–1888), a Russian Imperial geographer and a renowned explorer of Central and East Asia. [2] It was first described and published in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, séries 3, Vol.27 on page 507 in 1882. [1]

Known species, according to Kew: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Przewalskia Maxim. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 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.