Pedalium

Pedalium
Pedalium murex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Pedaliaceae
Genus: Pedalium
D.Royen
Species:
P. murex
Binomial name
Pedalium murex
Synonyms
Genus:
  • Cacatali Adans.
  • Murex L. ex Kuntze

Species:

  • Pedalium microcarpum (Klotzsch) Decne.
  • Murex burmanni Kuntze
  • Pedalium muricatum Salisb.
  • Rogeria microcarpa Klotzsch

Pedalium is a genus of plant in the Pedaliaceae family comprising one species, Pedalium murex. It is distributed in tropical Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The genera name is derived from the Greek word pedalion meaning 'rudder of a ship'.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pedalium". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Ib Friis and Olof Ryding (Editors) Biodiversity Research in the Horn of Africa Region: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea at the Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen, August 25-27, 1999 (2001), p. 65, at Google Books

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