Spragueanella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Loranthaceae |
Genus: | Spragueanella Balle |
Spragueanella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae. [1]
Its native range is eastern and southern parts of Tropical Africa, within the countries of Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [1]
The genus name of Spragueanella is in honour of Thomas Archibald Sprague (1877–1958), a Scottish botanist. [2] It was first described and published in Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge Vol.25 on page 1632 in 1954. [1]
According to Kew: [1]
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