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Koehneria

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Koehneria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Lythraceae
Genus: Koehneria
S.A.Graham, Tobe & Baas
Species:
K. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Koehneria madagascariensis
(Baker) S.A.Graham, Tobe & Baas
Synonyms
  • Lagerstroemia madagascariensis Baker
  • Murtughas madagascariensis (Baker) Kuntze
  • Pemphis madagascariensis (Baker) Koehne
  • Pemphis punctata Drake

Koehneria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lythraceae.[1] The only species is Koehneria madagascariensis (Baker) S.A.Graham, Tobe & Baas[2]

It is native to Madagascar.[2]

The genus name of Koehneria is in honour of Bernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne (1848–1918), a German botanist and dendrologist born near Striegau, a town known today as Strzegom, Poland,[3] The Latin specific epithet of madagascariensis means "coming from Madagascar", and both genus and species were first described and published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol.73 on pages 805-806 in (1986 publ. 1987).[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Koehneria S.A.Graham, Tobe & Baas | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Koehneria madagascariensis (Baker) S.A.Graham, Tobe & Baas | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.