Przewalskia

Przewalskia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Solanoideae
Tribe: Hyoscyameae
Genus: Przewalskia
Maxim.

Przewalskia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.[1]

Its native range is western and central China, Tibet to eastern Himalaya.[1]

The genus name of Przewalskia is in honour of Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839–1888), a Russian Imperial geographer and a renowned explorer of Central and East Asia.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, séries 3, Vol.27 on page 507 in 1882.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Przewalskia Maxim. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ 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.