Gleadovia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Orobanchaceae
Tribus: Orobancheae
Genus: Gleadovia
Species: G. banerjiana – G. mupinense – G. mupinensis – G. ruborum
Name

Gleadovia Gamble & Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69: 488. (1901)
Type species: Gleadovia ruborum Gamble & Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69(2): 489. (1900)

References

Gamble, J.S. & Prain, D. (1901) Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 69: 488.
The Plant List 2013. Gleadovia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Feb. 10.
Tropicos.org 2014. Gleadovia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Feb. 10.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Gleadovia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 10 2014.

Gleadovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.[1]

Its native range is western Himalaya, Assam (in India) to southern China.[1]

The genus name of Gleadovia is in honour of Frank Gleadow (1856–1930), an English forester and plant collector in India who discovered this plant.[2] It was first described and published in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. Vol.69 on page 488 in 1901.[1]

Known species:[1]

Gleadovia banerjiana Deb
Gleadovia konyakianorum Odyuo, D.K.Roy & Aver.
Gleadovia mupinensis Hu
Gleadovia ruborum Gamble & Prain

References

"Gleadovia Gamble & Prain | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 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.