Plenckia

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Plenckia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Plenckia
Reissek
Synonyms
  • AustroplenckiaLundell
  • ViposiaLundell

Plenckia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. [1]

It is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and north-western Argentina. [1]

The genus name of Plenckia is in honour of Joseph Jakob Plenck (1735–1807), an Austrian physician and polymath. He is now known as a pioneer dermatologist. [2] It was first described and published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. Vol.11 (Issue 1) on page 30 in 1861. [1]

Known species

According to Kew: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Plenckia Reissek | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 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.