Polemanniopsis
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| Polemanniopsis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Steganotaenieae |
| Genus: | Polemanniopsis B.L.Burtt |
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.[1]
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]