Reicheella

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Reicheella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Reicheella
Pax (1900)
Species:
R. andicola
Binomial name
Reicheella andicola
(Phil.) Pax (1900)
Synonyms [1]
  • BryopsisReiche (1895), nom. illeg.
  • Bryopsis andicola(Phil.) Reiche (1895)
  • Lyallia andicolaPhil. (1891)

Reicheella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. [2] It has a synonym of BryopsisReiche, and only contains one known species, Reicheella andicola(Phil.) Pax [2]

Its native range is northern Chile. [2]

The genus name of Reicheella is in honour of Karl Friedrich Reiche (1860–1929), a German botanist who worked as a university professor in Chile and Mexico. [3] The Latin specific epithet of andicola is a compound word; with 'Andi-' meaning the Andes and also the Latin cola for "dweller" (from colere "to dwell"). [4] It was first described and published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. Vol.2 on page 21 in 1900. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Reicheella andicola (Phil.) Pax | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Reicheella Pax | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 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   978-1845337315.
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