Sinolimprichtia

Sinolimprichtia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Genus: Sinolimprichtia
H.Wolff
Species:
S. alpina
Binomial name
Sinolimprichtia alpina
H.Wolff

Sinolimprichtia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It just contains one species, Sinolimprichtia alpina.

It is native to Tibet and southern central China (in the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan).

The genus name of Sinolimprichtia is in honour of Hans Wolfgang Limpricht (b. 1877), a German botanist who collected plants in China and Japan. The Latin specific epithet of alpina refers to 'alpine' meaning coming from the Alps or mountains. It was first described and published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. Vol.12 on pages 448-449 in 1922.

It has 2 known subspecies;

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sinolimprichtia H.Wolff | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 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.
  3. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
  4. ↑ "Sinolimprichtia alpina H.Wolff | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 December 2021.