Biology:Plenckia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Plenckia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Plenckia
Reissek
Synonyms
  • Austroplenckia Lundell
  • Lundell Viposia

Plenckia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae.[1]

It is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and north-western Argentina.[1]

The genus name of Plenckia is in honour of Joseph Jakob Plenck (1735–1807), an Austrian physician and polymath. He is now known as a pioneer dermatologist.[2] It was first described and published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. Vol.11 (Issue 1) on page 30 in 1861.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Plenckia integerrima Lundell
  • Plenckia microcarpa Lundell
  • Plenckia populnea Reissek

References

Wikidata ☰ Q9061082 entry