Neesenbeckia

Neesenbeckia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae.[1] The only species is Neesenbeckia punctoria (Vahl) Levyns.[2]

Neesenbeckia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Neesenbeckia
Levyns
Species:
N. punctoria
Binomial name
Neesenbeckia punctoria
(Vahl) Levyns
Synonyms
  • Buekia punctoria (Vahl) Nees
  • Chaetospora punctoria (Vahl) A.Dietr.
  • Elynanthus punctorius (Vahl) B.D.Jacks.
  • Schoenus punctorius Vahl
  • Tetraria punctoria (Vahl) C.B.Clarke

It is native to the Cape Provinces in South Africa.[2][3]

The genus name of Neesenbeckia is in honour of Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776–1858), a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher.[4] The genus has one known synonym, Buekia Nees.[1] The Latin specific epithet of punctoria is derived from punctus meaning pricked, punctured or pierced. Both the genus and species were first described and published in J. S. African Bot. Vol.13 on page 74 in 1947.[2]

References
  1. "Neesenbeckia Levyns | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. "Neesenbeckia punctoria (Vahl) Levyns | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. Slingsby, Jasper A.; Verboom, G. Anthony (July 2006). "Phylogenetic Relatedness Limits Co‐occurrence at Fine Spatial Scales: Evidence from the Schoenoid Sedges (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae) of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa". The American Naturalist. 168 (1): 14–27.
  4. 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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