Koehneria

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: Koehneria
Species: K. madagascariensis
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Koehneria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 21. Reference page.

Name

Koehneria S.A.Graham, H.Tobe & Baas Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 73(4): 788–809. (1986)

monotypic taxon

References

Graham, S.A.T., Tobe, H. & Baas, P. 1986. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 73(4): 788–809. BHL
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Koehneria. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 9 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Koehneria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Apr. 9.

Koehneria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lythraceae.[1] The only species is Koehneria madagascariensis (Baker) S.A.Graham, Tobe & Baas[2]

It is native to Madagascar.[2]

The genus name of Koehneria is in honour of Bernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne (1848–1918), a German botanist and dendrologist born near Striegau, a town known today as Strzegom, Poland,[3] The Latin specific epithet of madagascariensis means "coming from Madagascar", and both genus and species were first described and published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol.73 on pages 805-806 in (1986 publ. 1987).[2]

References

"Koehneria S.A.Graham, Tobe & Baas | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
"Koehneria madagascariensis (Baker) S.A.Graham, Tobe & Baas | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 October 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.