Requienia (plant)
Requienia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is native to Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Namibia, Zambia and Cape Provinces, Free State and Northern Provinces (within South Africa).[1]
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| Genus: | Requienia DC. |
The genus name of Requienia is in honour of Esprit Requien (1788–1851), who was a French naturalist, who made contributions in the fields of conchology, palaeontology and especially botany.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in Mem. Fam. Legum. on page 224 in 1825.[1]
Species
- Requienia pseudosphaerosperma (Schinz) Brummitt
- Requienia sphaerosperma DC.
References
- "Requienia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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