Lafuentea

Lafuentea
Lafuentea rotundifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Lafuentea
Lag.
Synonyms

Durieua Mérat

Lafuentea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.

Its native range is the Western Mediterranean, where it is found in Morocco and Spain.

The genus name of Lafuentea is in honour of Tadeo Lafuente (b. c. 1780), Spanish military doctor who wrote about yellow fever. It was first described and published in Gen. Sp. Pl. on page 19 in 1816.

Known species, according to Kew:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lafuentea Lag. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ↑ 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.