Lichtensteinia (plant)

Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Lichtensteinia

Lichtensteinia lacera, from Cape Fynbos, Cape Town
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Apiales
Family:  | Apiaceae
Subfamily:  | Apioideae
Tribe:  | Lichtensteinieae
Magee, C.I.Calviño, M.Liu, S.R.Downie, Tilney & B.-E.van Wyk
Genus:  | Lichtensteinia
Cham. & Schltdl.
Type species
Lichtensteinia lacera

Cham. & Schltdl.

Lichtensteinia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1] It is also the only genus in the tribe Lichtensteinieae, subfamily Apioideae.

It is native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal (within South Africa).[1]

The genus name of Lichtensteinia is in honour of Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780–1857), a German physician, explorer, botanist and zoologist.[2] It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.1 on page 394 in 1826.[1]

## Known species

According to Kew:[1]

* Lichtensteinia crassijuga E.Mey. ex Sond.
* Lichtensteinia globosa B.-E.van Wyk & Tilney
* Lichtensteinia interrupta (Thunb.) E.Mey. ex Sond.
* Lichtensteinia lacera Cham. & Schltdl.
* Lichtensteinia latifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.
* Lichtensteinia obscura (Spreng.) Koso-Pol.
* Lichtensteinia trifida Cham. & Schltdl.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Lichtensteinia Cham. & Schltdl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331718-2.
2. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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