Schlechterina | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Passifloraceae |
Subfamily: | Passifloroideae |
Tribe: | Passifloreae |
Genus: |
Schlechterina Harms |
Species: | S. mitostemmatoides
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Binomial name | |
Schlechterina mitostemmatoides |
Schlechterina is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Passifloraceae. The only knowns species is Schlechterina mitostemmatoides. [1]
It is native to Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania and KwaZulu-Natal (in South Africa). [1]
The genus name of Schlechterina is in honour of Rudolf Schlechter (1872–1925), a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. [2] The Latin specific epithet of mitostemmatoides is a compound word, 'mito-' from Greek μίτος (mítos) meaning thread and stem. [3] It was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.33 on page 148 in 1902. [1]
[[Category:Flora of KwaZulu-Natal