Rydingia Explained

Rydingia (tinjute) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 2007. The genus is native to eastern Africa and south-western Asia, and found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, West Himalaya and Yemen.

The genus was circumscribed by Anne-Cathrine Scheen and Victor Anthony Albert in Syst. & Geogr. Pl. vol.77 (2) on page 234 in 2007.^[1]

The genus name of Rydingia is in honour of Per Olof Ryding (b.1951), a Swedish botanist and plant collector in Africa, from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.^[2]

Species

As accepted by Plants of the World Online;^[1]

• Rydingia integrifolia (Benth.) Scheen & V.A.Albert - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Yemen
• Rydingia limbata (Benth.) Scheen & V.A.Albert - Pakistan, Kashmir
• Rydingia michauxii (Briq.) Scheen & V.A.Albert - Iran
• Rydingia persica (Burm.f.) Scheen & V.A.Albert - Iran, Oman, Pakistan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rydingia Scheen & V.A.Albert Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 7 October 2022 . en.
2. 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.