Luxemburgia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ochnaceae.[1]
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| Luxemburgia octandra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Ochnaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ochnoideae |
| Tribe: | Luxemburgieae |
| Genus: | Luxemburgia A.St.-Hil. |
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The genus name of Luxemburgia is in honour of Charles Emmanuel Sigismond de Montmorency-Luxembourg (1774–1861), French duke of Piney-Luxembourg and also a botanical patron.[2] It was first described and published in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Vol.9 on page 352 in 1822.[1]
Species
editAccording to Kew:[1]
- Luxemburgia angustifolia Planch.
- Luxemburgia bracteata Dwyer
- Luxemburgia ciliatibracteata Sastre
- Luxemburgia ciliosa (Mart.) Gardner
- Luxemburgia corymbosa A.St.-Hil.
- Luxemburgia damazioana Beauverd
- Luxemburgia diciliata Dwyer
- Luxemburgia flexuosa Sastre
- Luxemburgia furnensis Feres
- Luxemburgia glazioviana (Engl.) Beauverd
- Luxemburgia hatschbachiana Sastre
- Luxemburgia leitonii Feres
- Luxemburgia macedoi Dwyer
- Luxemburgia mogolensis Feres
- Luxemburgia mysteriosa Fraga & Feres
- Luxemburgia nobilis Eichler ex Engl.
- Luxemburgia octandra A.St.-Hil.
- Luxemburgia polyandra A.St.-Hil.
- Luxemburgia schwackeana Taub.
- Luxemburgia speciosa A.St.-Hil.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Luxemburgia A.St.-Hil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 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.