Buckollia Explained

Buckollia is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1994.^[1] It is native to eastern Africa.^[2]

Etymology

Buckollia is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the genus Bullockia. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the English botanist Arthur Allman Bullock.^[3]

Systematics

According to The Plant List, there are two species in this genus.^[4]

1. Buckollia tomentosa (E.A.Bruce) Venter & R.L.Verh. - Uganda
2. Buckollia volubilis (Schltr.) Venter & R.L.Verh. - Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania

Notes and References

1. Venter, Hendrik Johannes Tjaart & Verhoeven, Rudolf L. 1994. South African Journal of Botany 60(2): 97.
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50159820 Tropicos genus Buckollia
3. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée . 2018-06-06 . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin . A13 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . de . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 .
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Buckollia The Plant List, genus Buckollia