Heldreichia

Heldreichia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1] The only species is Heldreichia bupleurifolia.[2]

Heldreichia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Heldreichia
Boiss.
Species:
H. bupleurifolia
Binomial name
Heldreichia bupleurifolia
Boiss.

Its native range is the eastern Mediterranean. It is found in the countries of Lebanon-Syria, Palestine and Turkey.[2]

The genus name of Heldreichia is in honour of Theodor von Heldreich (1822–1902), a German botanist born in Dresden.[3] The Latin specific epithet of bupleurifolia refers to means ‘with leaves like those of the genus Bupleurum’, a large genus in the Apiaceae (carrot family), commonly called Hare’s Ear. The genus name Bupleurum is also an ancient Greek word for ‘umbelliferous plant’.[4]

It was first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér.2, Vol.16 on page 381 in 1841.[2]

It has 1 known variety and 5 known subspecies;[2]

  • Heldreichia bupleurifolia var. atalayi (Kit Tan) Parolly, Nordt & Mumm.
  • Heldreichia bupleurifolia subsp. bourgaei (Boiss.) Parolly, Nordt & Mumm.
  • Heldreichia bupleurifolia subsp. bupleurifolia
  • Heldreichia bupleurifolia subsp. malatyana Özüdogru & Yildirim
  • Heldreichia bupleurifolia subsp. polymorpha Parolly, Nordt, Eren & Mumm.
  • Heldreichia bupleurifolia subsp. rotundifolia (Boiss.) Parolly, Nordt & Mumm.


References
  1. "Heldreichia Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. "Heldreichia bupleurifolia Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  3. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  4. "Euphorbia bupleurifolia | PlantZAfrica". pza.sanbi.org. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
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