Eokochia
| Eokochia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Camphorosmoideae |
| Tribe: | Camphorosmeae |
| Genus: | Eokochia Freitag & G.Kadereit |
| Species: | E. saxicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Eokochia saxicola (Guss.) Freitag & G.Kadereit
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| Synonyms | |
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Bassia saxicola (Guss.) A.J.Scott | |
Eokochia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1] The only species is Eokochia saxicola.[2]
Its native range is mainland Italy and Sicily.[2]
The genus name is in honour of Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771–1849), a German physician and botanist,[3] and the epithet of 'saxicola' is derived from 2 Latin words; saxum meaning rock and incola meaning dwelling in.
It was first described and published in Taxon Vol.60 on page 72 in 2011.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eokochia Freitag & G.Kadereit | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Eokochia saxicola (Guss.) Freitag & G.Kadereit | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 September 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.