Kuepferia Explained

Kuepferia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gentianaceae.^[1]

Its native range stretches from (East and West) Himalaya to southern Central China. It is also found in Myanmar, Nepal and Tibet.

The genus name of Kuepferia is in honour of Philippe Küpfer (b. 1942), Swiss professor of botany at the University of Neuchâtel and also specialist in Gentianaceae and Ranunculaceae.^[2] It was first described and published in Taxon Vol.63 on page 349 in 2014.

Known species

According to Kew:

• Kuepferia caryophyllea
• Kuepferia chateri
• Kuepferia damyonensis
• Kuepferia decorata
• Kuepferia doxiongshangensis
• Kuepferia hicksii
• Kuepferia infelix
• Kuepferia kanchii
• Kuepferia leucantha
• Kuepferia masonii
• Kuepferia otophora
• Kuepferia otophoroides
• Kuepferia pringlei
• Kuepferia sichitoensis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kuepferia Adr.Favre Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 27 May 2021 . en.
2. 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 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.