Aeginetia

<i>Aeginetia</i>

Aeginetia

Genus of flowering plants

Aeginetia is a genus of plants in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae, native mostly to tropical Asia and also Cameroon (in Africa).[1]

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I is found within Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, southern China, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.[1]

The genus name of Aeginetia is in honour of Paul of Aegina (c. 625 – c. 690), a Byzantine Greek born physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia, Medical Compendium in Seven Books.[2] It was first described and published in Sp. Pl. on page 632 in 1753.[1]

Species

As of May 2020, Plants of the World Online recognises the following species:[1]

  1. Aeginetia acaulis (Roxb.) Walp. (synonym A.sessilis Shivam. & Rajanna)[3]
  2. Aeginetia flava J.Parn.
  3. Aeginetia indica L.
  4. Aeginetia mirabilis (Blume) Bakh.
  5. Aeginetia mpomii Letouzey
  6. Aeginetia selebica Bakh.
  7. Aeginetia sinensis Beck

References

  1. [1]
    "Aeginetia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    Nuraliev MS et al. (2023) Sorting out Aeginetia (Orobanchaceae) in Indochina: A. sessilis is a synonym of A. acaulis Phytotaxa, 597 [4]: 17 May 2023
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