Oberholzeria Explained

Oberholzeria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Oberholzeria etendekaensis which is endemic to Namibia.[2] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, though its tribal affiliation is unclear.

The genus and species were circumscribed by Wessel Swanepoel, Margaretha Marianne le Roux, Martin F. Wojciechowski and Abraham Erasmus Van Wyk in PLoS ONE 10(3): e122080 (11+12) in 2015.[2]

The genus name of Oberholzeria is in honour of Johanna Allettha Oberholzer (b.1965), she is the wife of South African botanist and genus author Wessel Swanepoel.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Swanepoel W, le Roux MM, Wojciechowski MF, van Wyk AE . Oberholzeria (Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae), a New Monotypic Legume Genus from Namibia . PLOS ONE . 2015 . 10 . 3 . e0122080 . 4376691 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0122080 . 25816251 . 2015PLoSO..1022080S . free .
  2. Web site: Oberholzeria Swanepoel, M.M.le Roux, M.F.Wojc. & A.E.van Wyk Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 10 November 2022 . en.
  3. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.

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