Aeginetia Explained

Aeginetia is a genus of plants in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae, native mostly to tropical Asia and also Cameroon (in Africa).

It is found within Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, southern China, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

The genus name of Aeginetia is in honour of Paul of Aegina (c. 625 – c. 690), a Byzantine Greek born physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia, Medical Compendium in Seven Books.^[1] It was first described and published in Sp. Pl. on page 632 in 1753.

Species

, Plants of the World Online recognises the following species:

1. Aeginetia acaulis (synonym A.sessilis)^[2]
2. Aeginetia flava
3. Aeginetia indica
4. Aeginetia mirabilis
5. Aeginetia mpomii
6. Aeginetia selebica
7. Aeginetia sinensis

Notes and References

1. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.
2. https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.597.4.2?fbclid=IwAR3S4kV5R41m6Glz5C5xi3uNoRND0TQKNmlUTLH_jQsayvHCJC1gZTmqt1I&mibextid=Zxz2cZ Nuraliev MS et al. (2023)