Aeginetia

Aeginetia
	Aeginetia sinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Tribe:	Buchnereae
Genus:	Aeginetia; L.[1]
Species
	See text
Synonyms[1]
	Centronia Blume ; Centronota DC. ex Meisn. ; Gasparinia Endl. ; Oeginetia Wight ; Tronicena Steud. ;

Aeginetia is a genus of plants in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae, native mostly to tropical Asia and also Cameroon (in Africa).[1]

I is found within Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, southern China, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.[1]

The genus name of Aeginetia is in honour of Paul of Aegina (c. 625 – c. 690), a Byzantine Greek born physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia, Medical Compendium in Seven Books.[2] It was first described and published in Sp. Pl. on page 632 in 1753.[1]

Species

As of May 2020, Plants of the World Online recognises the following species:[1]

Aeginetia acaulis (Roxb.) Walp.
Aeginetia flava J.Parn.
Aeginetia indica L.
Aeginetia mirabilis (Blume) Bakh.
Aeginetia mpomii Letouzey
Aeginetia selebica Bakh.
Aeginetia sessilis Shivam. & Rajanna
Aeginetia sinensis Beck

References

"Aeginetia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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.

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[POWO-1] "Aeginetia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

[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.