Linderniella Explained

Linderniella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae.^[1]

Its native range is Tropical and southern Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces), Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The genus name of Linderniella is in honour of Franz Balthasar von Lindern (1682–1755), French doctor and botanist in Strasbourg and also university botanical garden director.^[2] It was first described and published in Willdenowia Vol.43 on page 227 in 2013.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Linderniella andongensis
• Linderniella bolusii
• Linderniella boutiqueana
• Linderniella brevidens
• Linderniella cerastioides
• Linderniella gracilis
• Linderniella hartlii
• Linderniella horombensis
• Linderniella mbalaensis
• Linderniella nana
• Linderniella pulchella
• Linderniella pusilla
• Linderniella pygmaea
• Linderniella trichotoma
• Linderniella ugandensis
• Linderniella wilmsii

Notes and References

1. Web site: Linderniella Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll. 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.