''Polemannia'' is a genus of

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s belonging to the family

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. It is native to South Africa (the Cape Provinces, the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal) and Lesotho. The genus name of ''Polemannia'' is in honour of Peter Heinrich Polemann (1779 – 1839), a German chemist and apothecary who supported plant collectors in

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, who went to Cape Town, South Africa. It was first described and published in Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. on page 347 in 1837.

Known species

According to Kew: *'' Polemannia grossulariifolia'' *'' Polemannia montana'' *'' Polemannia simplicior''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10350796 Apioideae Flora of Southern Africa Apioideae genera