Spragueanella Explained

Spragueanella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.[1]

Its native range is eastern and southern parts of Tropical Africa, within the countries of Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The genus name of Spragueanella is in honour of Thomas Archibald Sprague (1877–1958), a Scottish botanist.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge Vol.25 on page 1632 in 1954.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spragueanella Balle Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 March 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.

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