Polemannia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Apioideae
Tribe: Heteromorpheae
Genus: Polemannia
Species: P. grossulariifolia – P. marlothii – P. montana – P. verticillata
Name

Polemannia Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afr. Austral. 347. (1837) nom. cons.
Type species: Polemannia grossulariifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afr. Austral. 347. (1837)

References

Ecklon, C.F. & Zeyher, C.L.P. (1837) Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae 347.
The Plant List 2013. Polemannia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Apr. 5.
Tropicos.org 2014. Polemannia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Apr. 5.

Polemannia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1]

It is native to South Africa (the Cape Provinces, the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal) and Lesotho.[1]

The genus name of Polemannia is in honour of Peter Heinrich Polemann (1779 – 1839), a German chemist and apothecary who supported plant collectors in Schleswig-Holstein, who went to Cape Town, South Africa.[2] It was first described and published in Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. on page 347 in 1837.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Polemannia grossulariifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.
Polemannia montana Schltr. & H.Wolff
Polemannia simplicior Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

References

"Polemannia Eckl. & Zeyh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 November 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.