Mannagettaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.[1] It is a holoparasitic plant.[2]
| Mannagettaea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Mannagettaea Harry Sm. |
It is native to southern Siberia (within Irkutsk Oblast and Tuva) and also northern China (in Qinghai).[1]
The genus name of Mannagettaea is in honour of Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau (1856–1931), a prominent Austrian botanist.[3] It was first described and published in Acta Horti Gothob. Vol.8 on page 135 in 1933.[1]
Known species, according to Kew;[1]
- Mannagettaea hummelii Harry Sm.
- Mannagettaea labiata Harry Sm.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Mannagettaea Harry Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ Fu, Weirui; Liu, Xiaoqing; Zhang, Naixin; Song, Zhiping; Zhang, Wenju; Yang, Ji; Wang, Yuguo (15 August 2017). "Testing the Hypothesis of Multiple Origins of Holoparasitism in Orobanchaceae: Phylogenetic Evidence from the Last Two Unplaced Holoparasitic Genera, Gleadovia and Phacellanthus". Front. Plant Sci. 8: 1380. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.01380. PMC 5559707. PMID 28861092.
- ^ 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.