Jacobsenia

Genus of plants

Jacobsenia

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Order:  | Caryophyllales
Family:  | Aizoaceae
Subfamily:  | Ruschioideae
Tribe:  | Ruschieae
Genus:  | Jacobsenia
L.Bolus & Schwantes

Jacobsenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.[1]

It is native to the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.[1]

The genus name of Jacobsenia is in honour of Hermann Jacobsen (1898–1978), a German gardener and botanist. He was also curator and supervisor at a botanical garden in Kiel and specialist in succulents.[2] It was first described and published Kakteen And. Sukk. Vol.5 on page 69 in 1954.[1]

Species, according to Kew;[1]

* Jacobsenia hallii L.Bolus
* Jacobsenia kolbei (L.Bolus) L.Bolus & Schwantes

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Jacobsenia L.Bolus & Schwantes | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 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.

Taxon identifiers

Jacobsenia|

* Wikidata: Q145154
* Wikispecies: Jacobsenia
* CoL: 564C
* EoL: 5168999
* GBIF: 7329453
* GRIN: 6156
* iNaturalist: 575260
* IPNI: 77175261-1
* IRMNG: 1374772
* NCBI: 246257
* Open Tree of Life: 625598
* Tropicos: 40032789
* WFO: wfo-4000019442