Luxemburgia Explained

Luxemburgia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ochnaceae.^[1]

It is native to Brazil.

The genus name of Luxemburgia is in honour of Charles Emmanuel Sigismond de Montmorency-Luxembourg (1774–1861), French duke of Piney-Luxembourg and also a botanical patron.^[2] It was first described and published in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Vol.9 on page 352 in 1822.^[1]

Species

According to Kew:

• Luxemburgia angustifolia
• Luxemburgia bracteata
• Luxemburgia ciliatibracteata
• Luxemburgia ciliosa
• Luxemburgia corymbosa
• Luxemburgia damazioana
• Luxemburgia diciliata
• Luxemburgia flexuosa
• Luxemburgia furnensis
• Luxemburgia glazioviana
• Luxemburgia hatschbachiana
• Luxemburgia leitonii
• Luxemburgia macedoi
• Luxemburgia mogolensis
• Luxemburgia mysteriosa
• Luxemburgia nobilis
• Luxemburgia octandra
• Luxemburgia polyandra
• Luxemburgia schwackeana
• Luxemburgia speciosa

Notes and References

1. Web site: Luxemburgia A.St.-Hil. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 17 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.