Heldreichia
| Heldreichia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Heldreichia Boiss. |
| Species: | H. bupleurifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Heldreichia bupleurifolia Boiss.
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Heldreichia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1] The only species is Heldreichia bupleurifolia.[2]
Its native range is the eastern Mediterranean. It is found in the countries of Lebanon-Syria, Palestine and Turkey.[2]
The genus name of Heldreichia is in honour of Theodor von Heldreich (1822–1902), a German botanist born in Dresden.[3] The Latin specific epithet of bupleurifolia refers to means ‘with leaves like those of the genus Bupleurum’, a large genus in the Apiaceae (carrot family), commonly called Hare’s Ear. The genus name Bupleurum is also an ancient Greek word for ‘umbelliferous plant’.[4]
It was first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér.2, Vol.16 on page 381 in 1841.[2]
It has 1 known variety and 5 known subspecies;[2]
- Heldreichia bupleurifolia var. atalayi (Kit Tan) Parolly, Nordt & Mumm.
- Heldreichia bupleurifolia subsp. bourgaei (Boiss.) Parolly, Nordt & Mumm.
- Heldreichia bupleurifolia subsp. bupleurifolia
- Heldreichia bupleurifolia subsp. malatyana Özüdogru & Yildirim
- Heldreichia bupleurifolia subsp. polymorpha Parolly, Nordt, Eren & Mumm.
- Heldreichia bupleurifolia subsp. rotundifolia (Boiss.) Parolly, Nordt & Mumm.
References
[edit]- ^ "Heldreichia Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Heldreichia bupleurifolia Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
- ^ "Euphorbia bupleurifolia | PlantZAfrica". pza.sanbi.org. Retrieved 24 September 2021.