Moquiniella | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Loranthaceae |
Genus: |
Moquiniella Balle |
Synonyms | |
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Moquiniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae. [1] It only contains one known species, Moquiniella rubra (A.Spreng.) Balle [2]
It is native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces (region in South Africa). [2]
The genus name of Moquiniella is in honour of Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804–1863), a French naturalist and doctor. [3] The genus of Moquiniella has 2 known synonyms, Lichtensteinia J.C.Wendl. and Moquinia A.Spreng.. [1] The Latin specific epithet of rubra means red. [4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge Vol.25 on pages 1628-1630 in 1954. [1] [2]