Schlechterella

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Schlechterella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Periplocoideae
Genus: Schlechterella
K.Schum.[1]
Synonyms

{{species list Pleurostelma |Schltr., J. Bot. 33: 303 (1895), nom. illeg. Triodoglossum |Bullock, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 36: t. 3584 (1962) }}

Schlechterella is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae (the dogbane family).[1] It is native to Africa, found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.[2]

As of October 2018, the genus contained two species:[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Karl Moritz Schumann in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Gesamtregister: on page 462 in 1899.[2]

The genus name of Schlechterella is in honour of Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (1872–1925), who was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Schlechterella", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-10-14
  2. ^ a b "Schlechterella K.Schum. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Search for Schlechterella", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-10-14
  4. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.