Volkensinia

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Volkensinia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Volkensinia
Schinz, 1912
Species:
V. prostrata
Binomial name
Volkensinia prostrata
(Volkens ex Gilg) Schinz
Synonyms [1]
  • Dasysphaera prostrata(Volkens ex Gilg) Cavaco
  • Kentrosphaera prostrataVolkens ex Gilg
  • Marcellia leptacanthaPeter
  • Marcellia prostrata(Volkens ex Gilg) C.B.Clarke
  • Volkensinia grandifloraSuess.

Volkensinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It only contains one known species; Volkensinia prostrata. [2] It is in the subfamily Amaranthoideae.

Its native range is north eastern and eastern Tropical Africa, it is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Tanzania. [1] [2]

The genus name of Volkensinia is in honour of Georg Volkens (1855–1917), a German botanist born in Berlin. [3] The Latin specific epithet of prostrata means on the ground as derived from prostrate. [4] Both the genus and the sole species were first described and published in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich Vol.57 on page 535 in 1912. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Volkensinia prostrata (Volkens ex Gilg) Schinz". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Volkensinia Schinz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 March 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. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   978-1845337315.
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