Esterhuysenia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Aizoaceae
Genus: Esterhuysenia
Species: E. alpina – E. drepanophylla – E. inclaudens – E. mucronata – E. stokoei
Name

Esterhuysenia L.Bolus, J. S. African Bot. 33: 308 (1967).
References
Primary references

Bolus, H.M.L. 1967. Journal of South African Botany 33: 308.
Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Esterhuysenia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 20. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Esterhuysenia.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Esterhuysenia. Published online. Accessed: Mar 20 2021.

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

Its native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[1]

The genus name of Esterhuysenia is in honour of Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen (1912–2006), a South African botanist,[2] and it was first described and published in J. S. African Bot. Vol.33 on page 308 in 1967.[1]

Known species:[1]

Esterhuysenia alpina L.Bolus
Esterhuysenia drepanophylla (Schltr. & A.Berger) H.E.K.Hartmann
Esterhuysenia inclaudens (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann
Esterhuysenia knysnana (L.Bolus) van Jaarsv.
Esterhuysenia mucronata (L.Bolus) Klak
Esterhuysenia stokoei (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann

References

"Esterhuysenia L.Bolus | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.