Mannagettaea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Orobanchaceae |
Genus: |
Mannagettaea Harry Sm. |
Mannagettaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. [1] It is a holoparasitic plant. [2]
It is native to southern Siberia (within Irkutsk Oblast and Tuva) and also northern China (in Qinghai). [1]
The genus name of Mannagettaea is in honour of Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau (1856–1931), a prominent Austrian botanist. [3] It was first described and published in Acta Horti Gothob. Vol.8 on page 135 in 1933. [1]
Known species, according to Kew; [1]