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Trieenea
Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Trieenea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae.[1] It is also in Tribe Leucophylleae.
It was named in reference to renowned South African botanist and plant collector, Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen, the prefix Tri- and the three letters e in the generic epithet being for the three initials of her name.[2] It was first described and published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh Vol.45 on page 489 (1988, published in 1989).[1]
It is native to the Northern, Western and Eastern Cape Provinces within the Republic of South Africa.[1]
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Known species
According to Kew:[1]
- Trieenea elsiae Hilliard
- Trieenea frigida Hilliard
- Trieenea glutinosa (Schltr.) Hilliard
- Trieenea lanciloba Hilliard
- Trieenea lasiocephala Hilliard
- Trieenea laxiflora Hilliard
- Trieenea longipedicellata Hilliard
- Trieenea occulta J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Trieenea schlechteri (Hiern) Hilliard
- Trieenea taylorii Hilliard
References
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