Krauseola

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribe: Polycarpeae
Genus: Krauseola
Species: K. gillettii – K. mosambicina
Name

Krauseola Pax & K.Hoffm. Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 308. (1934)

Type species: Krauseola mosambicina (Moss) Pax & K.Hoffm. Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 308. (1934)

References

Pax, F.A. & Hoffmann, K. 1934. Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Zweite Auflage 16c: 308.
Hassler, M. 2017. Krauseola. 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. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 May 22. Reference page.
Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Open access Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Krauseola. Published online. Accessed: May 22 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Krauseola. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2017.

Krauseola is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae.[1]

It is native to Kenya, Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal(in South Africa).[1]

The genus name of Krauseola is in honour of Johannes Krause (1900–1979), a German botanist.[2]

It was first described and published in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed.2, 16c on page 308 in 1934.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

Krauseola gillettii Turrill
Krauseola mosambicina (Moss) Pax & K.Hoffm.

References

"Krauseola Pax & K.Hoffm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 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.