Schinziella

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Schinziella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Schinziella
Gilg
Species:
S. tetragona
Binomial name
Schinziella tetragona
(Schinz) Gilg
Synonyms [1]

Canscora tetragonaSchinz

Schinziella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gentianaceae. The only species is Schinziella tetragona. [2]

Its native range is Tropical Africa. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zaïre. [2]

The genus name of Schinziella is in honour of Hans Schinz (1858–1941), a Swiss explorer and botanist who was a native of Zürich. [3] The Latin specific epithet of tetragona is derived from tetragonal meaning square or having four corners. [4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Vl.4 (Issue 2) on page 74 in 1895. [2] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Schinziella tetragona (Schinz) Gilg". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Schinziella Gilg | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 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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