Rydingia
Genus of flowering plants
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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.[1]
| Rydingia | |
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| Rydingia integrifolia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lamioideae |
| Genus: | Rydingia Scheen & V.A.Albert |
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