Peersia

Peersia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.[1]

Peersia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Peersia
L.Bolus

It is native to the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.[1]

The genus name of Peersia is in honour of Victor Stanley Peers (1874–1940), an Australian botanist, plant collector, and amateur archeologist.[2] It was first described and published in Fl. Pl. South Africa Vol.7 on table 264 in 1927.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Peersia frithii (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
  • Peersia macradenia (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
  • Peersia vanheerdei (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann

References
  1. "Peersia L.Bolus | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  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.
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