Vandasina

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Vandasina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Kennediinae
Genus: Vandasina
Rauschert 1982
Synonyms
  • VandasiaDomin 1926

Vandasina is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It only contains one known species, Vandasina retusa(Benth.) Rauschert [1]

It is native to the island of New Guinea and Queensland (in Australia). [1]

The genus and species were both first published in Taxon Vol.31 on page 559 in 1982. [1]

The genus name of Vandasina is in honour of Karel (Karl) Vandas (1861–1923), who was a (Bohemian-) Czech Botanist and teacher, who taught in Prague and was Professor of Agriculture and forestry at the Technical College in Brno. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Vandasina Rauschert | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.