Ghikaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.[1] The only species is Ghikaea speciosa.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Ghikaea Volkens & Schweinf. |
| Species: | G. speciosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Ghikaea speciosa (Rendle) Diels
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Its native range is Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya.[1]
The genus name of Ghikaea is in honour of Dimitrie Ghica-Comănești (1839–1923) a Romanian nobleman, explorer, famous hunter, adventurer and politician and also, Nicholae Dimitri Ghika (1875–1921), plant collector and was also Dimitrie's son.[3] It was first described and published in (H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl edited), Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. Vol.3 on page 314 in 1908.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Ghikaea Volkens & Schweinf. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "Ghikaea speciosa (Rendle) Diels | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.