Lopriorea

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Lopriorea
Species: L. ruspolii
Name

Lopriorea Schinz, Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 56: 251. (1911)

Type species: Lopriorea ruspolii (Lopr.) Schinz
Named for Giuseppe Lopriore

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
S-Ethiopia, SW-Somalia
East Tropical Africa
NE-Kenya

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Schinz, H. 1911. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Flora XXIV. (Thellung, A. & Schinz, H.) Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 56: 229–268. BHL Reference page. : 251

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Lopriorea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Lopriorea. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 29 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Lopriorea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 13. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2018. Lopriorea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Dec. 2018.

Lopriorea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1] The only species is Lopriorea ruspolii.[2]

It is native to Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya.[2]

The genus name of Lopriorea is in honour of Giuseppe Lopriore (1865–1928), an Italian professor of botany at the institute of oenology in Catania and also botanical garden director. He was also director of the agricultural research station in Modena.[3] The Latin specific epithet of ruspolii refers to Eugenio Ruspoli (1866–1893), an Italian explorer and naturalist.[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich Vol.56 on pages 251-252 in 1911.[2]
References

"Lopriorea Schinz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
"Lopriorea ruspolii (Lopr.) Schinz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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.
"Search; ruspolii". www.ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 19 October 2021.