''Lindenbergia'' is a genus of
herbaceous plant
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
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s in the order
Lamiales
The Lamiales (also known as the mint order) are an order of flowering plants in the asterids clade of the Eudicots. Under the APG IV system of flowering plant classification the order consists of 24 families, and includes about 23,810 species ...
and in the broomrape family
Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family (biology), family of mostly parasitic plants of the order (biology), order Lamiales, with about 90 genus, genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera (e.g., ''Pedicularis'', ''Rhinanthus'', ...
. It is one of the few genera of the family which are not parasitic. It contains about 15 species found from northeast Africa across Asia to the Philippines,
[ and is most abundant in India.]
Taxonomy
The genus ''Lindenbergia'' was erected by Johann Lehmann in 1829.[ It is named in honor of Johann Bernhard Wilhelm Lindenberg, a lawyer and bryologist from Germany.]Scrophulariaceae
The Scrophulariaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the figwort family. The plants are annual and perennial herbs, as well as shrubs. Flowers have bilateral (zygomorphic) or rarely radial (actinomorphic) symmetry. The Scr ...
.[ ]Molecular phylogenetic
Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...
studies have caused that family to be split up, with many genera, including ''Lindenbergia'', placed in a greatly expanded family Orobanchaceae.[
''Lindenbergia'' has been placed in the tribe Lindenbergieae,][Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards)]
"Orobanchaceae"
''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website''. Retrieved 2022-03-21. one of two basal clades in the family Orobanchaceae that are not parasitic:[
]
Species
, Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
accepted the following species:[
*'' Lindenbergia arabica'' (S.Moore) Hartl
*'' Lindenbergia awashensis'' Hjertson
*'' Lindenbergia fengkaiensis'' R.H.Miau & Q.Y.Cen
*'' Lindenbergia fruticosa'' Benth.
*'' Lindenbergia grandiflora'' Benth.
*'' Lindenbergia griffithii'' Hook.f.
*'' Lindenbergia hookeri'' C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.
*'' Lindenbergia indica'' (L.) Vatke
*'' Lindenbergia luchunensis'' D.D.Tao & Y.M.Shui
*'' Lindenbergia macrostachya'' (Benth.) Benth.
*'' Lindenbergia muraria'' (Roxb. ex D.Don) Brühl, syn. ''Lindenbergia urticifolia'' Lehm.
*'' Lindenbergia philippensis'' (Cham. & Schltdl.) Benth.
*'' Lindenbergia serpyllifolia'' Hjertson
*'' Lindenbergia sokotrana'' Vierh.
*'' Lindenbergia titensis'' Sikdar & Maiti
]
References
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Orobanchaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Johann Georg Christian Lehmann