Lopriorea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1] The only species is Lopriorea ruspolii.[2]
| Lopriorea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Lopriorea Schinz (1911) |
| Species: | L. ruspolii
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| Binomial name | |
| Lopriorea ruspolii (Lopr.) Schinz (1911)
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| Synonyms | |
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Psilotrichum ruspolii Lopr. (1899) | |
It is native to Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya.[2]
The genus name of Lopriorea is in honour of Giuseppe Lopriore (1865–1928), an Italian professor of botany at the institute of oenology in Catania and also botanical garden director. He was also director of the agricultural research station in Modena.[3] The Latin specific epithet of ruspolii refers to Eugenio Ruspoli (1866–1893), an Italian explorer and naturalist.[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich Vol.56 on pages 251-252 in 1911.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Lopriorea Schinz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Lopriorea ruspolii (Lopr.) Schinz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 October 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Search; ruspolii". www.ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 19 October 2021.