Senefelderopsis

<i>Senefelderopsis</i>

Senefelderopsis

Genus of flowering plants

Senefelderopsis is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to southern tropical America, and found in Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela.[1]

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The genus was circumscribed by Julian Alfred Steyermark in Bot. Mus. Leafl. vol.15 on page 45 in 1951.[1]

The genus name of Senefelderopsis is in honour of Johann Alois Senefelder (1771–1834), who was a German actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in the 1790s.[2]

Species

  • Senefelderopsis chiribiquetensis (R.E.Schult. & Croizat) Steyerm.[1]
  • Senefelderopsis croizatii Steyerm.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Senefelderopsis Steyerm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online.
  2. [2]
    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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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