Polemanniopsis Explained

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

It is native to the Cape Provinces and Namibia in South Africa.

The genus name of Polemanniopsis 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 Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh Vol.45 on page 498 (written in 1988, published in 1989.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Polemanniopsis marlothii
• Polemanniopsis namibensis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Polemanniopsis B.L.Burtt Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 20 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 . 1 January 2021.