Loeseneriella
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| Loeseneriella | |
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| Loeseneriella africana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Loeseneriella A.C.Sm.[1] |
Loeseneriella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae.[1] The name is in honour of Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener (1865–1941), a German botanist who collected widely in the field in Germany and did much work on the Celastraceae.[2][3]: 439 It was first described and published in the American Journal of Botany in 1941.[1][3]: 438