Gisekia
Genus of flowering plants
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Gisekia is a genus of flowering plants. It is the only genus in the family Gisekiaceae and has seven species. The family was recognized in the APG II system (2003) and assigned to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. This represents a change from the APG system (1998), which did not recognize this family.
| Gisekia | |
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| Gisekia pharnacioides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Gisekiaceae Nakai[1] |
| Genus: | Gisekia L.[2] |
| Species | |
The AP-Website accepts this family with one genus.
The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus after Paul Dietrich Giseke (1741-1796),[citation needed] a German botanist who studied under him, and who later published his notes on Linnaeus' lectures under the title Praelectiones in Ordines Naturales Plantarum (1792).
Species
As of March 2026[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[2]
- Gisekia africana (Lour.) Kuntze
- Gisekia diffusa M.G.Gilbert
- Gisekia haudica M.G.Gilbert
- Gisekia paniculata Hauman
- Gisekia pharnaceoides L.
- Gisekia polylopha M.G.Gilbert
- Gisekia scabridula M.G.Gilbert
