| Polemannia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Heteromorpheae |
| Genus: | Polemannia Eckl. & Zeyh.1 |
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
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.