Wulfeniopsis

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Wulfeniopsis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Veroniceae
Genus: Wulfeniopsis
D.Y.Hong

Wulfeniopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. [1] It is also in Tribe Veroniceae.

It is native to Nepal, West Himalaya, Pakistan and Afghanistan. [1]

Known species: [1]

The genus name of Wulfeniopsis is in honour of Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805), an Austrian botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, alpinist, and Jesuit priest. [2] It was first described and published in Acta Phytotax. Sin. Vol.18 on page 51 in 1980. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Wulfeniopsis D.Y.Hong | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. ↑ 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.
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