Droguetia
| Droguetia | |
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| Droguetia leptostachys as Droguetia elliptica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Urticaceae |
| Genus: | Droguetia Gaudich. |
| Synonyms | |
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Didymogyne Wedd. | |
Droguetia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Urticaceae.[1]
Its wide native range is Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and China.[1]
Its genus name of Droguetia is in honour of Marc Julien Droguet (1769–1836), French naval doctor.[2] and it was published in Voy. Uranie on page 505 in 1830.[1]
Known species:[1]
- Droguetia ambigua Wedd.
- Droguetia debilis Rendle
- Droguetia gaudichaudiana Marais
- Droguetia hildebrandtii Friis & Wilmot-Dear
- Droguetia humbertii Leandri
- Droguetia iners (Forssk.) Schweinf.
- Droguetia leptostachys (Juss. ex Pers.) Wedd.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Droguetia Gaudich. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ 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.