Sachsia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Inuleae |
Genus: | Sachsia Griseb. |
Synonyms | |
RhodogeronGriseb., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 151 (1866) |
Sachsia is a genus of West Indian and Floridian plants in the elecampane tribe within the sunflower family. [1] [2]
The genus is named in honour of German botanist Julius von Sachs (1832–1897), who was a German botanist, Plant physiologist and botanical illustrator who taught at the Charles University, Prague. [3] [2]
Includes 3 Accepted Species; [4]
Julius von Sachs was a German botanist from Breslau, Prussian Silesia. He is considered the founder of experimental plant physiology and co-founder of modern water culture. Julius von Sachs and Wilhelm Knop are monumental figures in the history of botany by first demonstrating the importance of water culture for the study of plant nutrition and plant physiology in the 19th century.
August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach was a German botanist and phytogeographer.
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