Polemanniopsis

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: Saniculoideae
Tribus: Steganotaenieae
Genus: Polemanniopsis
Species: P. marlothii – P. namibensis
Name

Polemanniopsis B.L. Burtt Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45(3): 498. )1988)

Type species: Polemanniopsis marlothii (H. Wolff ex Engl.) B.L. Burtt Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45: 498. (1988)

References

Burtt, B.L. 1988. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 45(3): 498.
Van Wyk, B-E., Burke, A., Mannheimer, C., Magee, A.R.,Tilney, P.M. & Rossouw, A.S. 2010. A new species of Polemanniopsis (Apiaceae) from Namibia, South African Journal of Botany, 76(1): 153–157.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Polemanniopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Apr. 4. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Polemanniopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Apr. 2014.
Polemanniopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1]

It is native to the Cape Provinces and Namibia in South Africa.[1]

The genus name of Polemanniopsis 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 Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh Vol.45 on page 498 (written in 1988, published in 1989.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Polemanniopsis marlothii (H.Wolff) B.L.Burtt
Polemanniopsis namibensis B.-E.van Wyk, A.Burke & Mannh.

References

"Polemanniopsis B.L.Burtt | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 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.