Lenzia (plant)

Genus of plants

Lenzia

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Order:  | Caryophyllales
Family:  | Montiaceae
Genus:  | Lenzia
Phil.
Synonyms

Lenzia vernonioides Sch.Bip. ex Phil.

Lenzia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Lenzia chamaepitys Phil. [2]

Its native range is southern South America and it is found in Argentina and Chile.[2]

The genus name of Lenzia is in honour of Harald Othmar Lenz (1798–1870), a German teacher and naturalist in Thuringia and also historian of science, as well as a specialist in fungi and sponges.[3] The Latin specific epithet of chamaepitys refers the Ancient Greek words χαμαί khamaí latinized into chamae meaning "on the ground, to the ground/earth", and also πιτυς pitys meaning "pine", from resemblance of the foliage to that of pine trees.[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Linnaea Vol.33 on page 222 in 1864.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Lenzia Phil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
2. ^ a b c "Lenzia chamaepitys Phil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
3. ^ 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
4. ^ Wrigley, John; Fagg, Murray (1991). Banksias, Waratahs and Grevilleas. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. p. 479\. ISBN 0-207-17277-3.

Taxon identifiers

Lenzia|

* Wikidata: Q16390166
* Wikispecies: Lenzia
* CoL: 5C9Q
* EoL: 1335428
* GBIF: 3231980
* GRIN: 6644
* IPNI: 1228-1
* IRMNG: 1301636
* NCBI: 339233
* Open Tree of Life: 881635
* Paleobiology Database: 29401
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1228-1
* Tropicos: 40003870
* WFO: wfo-4000021014

Lenzia chamaepitys|

* Wikidata: Q5973012
* CoL: 3T64W
* GBIF: 7607912
* iNaturalist: 853998
* IPNI: 60880-1
* NCBI: 339234
* Open Tree of Life: 881624
* Plant List: tro-26200438
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60880-1
* Tropicos: 26200438
* WFO: wfo-0001105081