Lafuentea | |
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Lafuentea rotundifolia | |
Scientific 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. [1]
Its native range is the Western Mediterranean, where it is found in Morocco and Spain. [1]
The genus name of Lafuentea is in honour of Tadeo Lafuente (b. c. 1780), Spanish military doctor who wrote about yellow fever. [2] It was first described and published in Gen. Sp. Pl. on page 19 in 1816. [1]
Known species, according to Kew: [1]