Poskea

<i>Poskea</i>

Poskea

Species of flowering plant

Poskea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.[1]

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It is native to Somalia, Socotra and Yemen.[1]

The genus name of Poskea is in honour of Friedrich Poske (1852–1925), a German teacher and natural scientist in Berlin.[2] It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.43 on page 321 in 1882.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Poskea africana Vatke
  • Poskea socotrana (Balf.f.) G.Taylor

References

  1. [1]
    "Poskea Vatke | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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