Wimmerella
Genus of flowering plants
| Wimmerella | |
|---|---|
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| Wimmerella hedyotidea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lobelioideae |
| Genus: | Wimmerella Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers |
Wimmerella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Campanulaceae.[1] It is also in the Lobelioideae subfamily.
It is native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal within South Africa.[1]
Known species
There are 10 accepted species;[1]
- Wimmerella arabidea (C.Presl) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- Wimmerella bifida (Thunb.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- Wimmerella frontidentata (E.Wimm.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- Wimmerella giftbergensis (E.Phillips) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- Wimmerella hederacea (Sond.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- Wimmerella hedyotidea (Schltr.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- Wimmerella longitubus (E.Wimm.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- Wimmerella mariae (E.Wimm.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- Wimmerella pygmaea (Thunb.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
- Wimmerella secunda (L.f.) Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers
The genus name of Wimmerella is in honour of Franz Elfried Wimmer (1881–1961), an Austrian clergyman and botanist, also professor of natural history in Istanbul, Turkey and specialist in Lobeliaceae.[2] It was first described and published in Novon Vol.9 on page 415 in 1999.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Wimmerella Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 March 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.
