Polemannia Explained

Polemannia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.^[1]

It is native to South Africa (the Cape Provinces, the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal) and Lesotho.

The genus name of Polemannia is in honour of Peter Heinrich Polemann (1779 – 1839), a German chemist and apothecary who supported plant collectors in Schleswig-Holstein, who went to Cape Town, South Africa.^[2] It was first described and published in Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. on page 347 in 1837.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Polemannia grossulariifolia
• Polemannia montana
• Polemannia simplicior

Notes and References

1. Web site: Polemannia Eckl. & Zeyh. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 November 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 . 1 January 2021.