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DeutschLundia (plant)
| Lundia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Genus: | Lundia DC. |
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Lundia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae.[1]
Its native range is Mexico to southern Tropical America. It is found in the countries of Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago and Venezuela.[1]
The genus name of Lundia is in honour of Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801–1880), a Danish palaeontologist, zoologist and archaeologist.[2] It was first described and published in Biblioth. Universelle Genève, n.s., Vol.17 on page 127 in 1838.[1]
Known species
[edit]According to Kew;[1]
- Lundia cordata (Vell.) DC.
- Lundia corymbifera (Vahl) Sandwith
- Lundia damazioi C.DC.
- Lundia densiflora DC.
- Lundia erionema DC.
- Lundia gardneri Sandwith
- Lundia glazioviana Kraenzl.
- Lundia helicocalyx A.H.Gentry
- Lundia laevis Kaehler
- Lundia nitidula DC.
- Lundia obliqua Sond.
- Lundia puberula Pittier
- Lundia spruceana Bureau
- Lundia virginalis DC.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Lundia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ 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.