Galpinia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Lythraceae
Genus: Galpinia
Species: G. transvaalica
Name

Galpinia N.E. Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 345. (1894)

monotypic taxon

References

Brown, N.E. 1894. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1894: 345.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Galpinia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 9 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Galpinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Apr. 9.

Vernacular names
English: Wild Pride of India

Galpinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lythraceae. The only species is Galpinia transvaalica.[2]

Its native range is tropical and Southern Africa. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces (Provinces of South Africa), Mozambique, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.[2]

The genus name of Galpinia is in honour of Ernest Edward Galpin (1858–1941), a South African botanist and banker,[3] and the specific epithet of transvaalica refers to Transvaal (an historic region of South Africa). The plant was first described and published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894 on page 345 in 1894.[2]
References

"Galpinia transvaalica". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
"Galpinia N.E.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 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.