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Lafuentea
Lafuentea rotundifolia
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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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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.