''Tirpitzia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Linaceae Linaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family is cosmopolitan, and includes about 250 species in 14 genera, classified into two subfamilies: the Linoideae and Hugonioideae. Description The leaves of the Linaceae are always simple; arran ...

. It is also in the subfamily Linoideae. Its native range is southern China to

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

. The genus name of ''Tirpitzia'' is in honour of

Alfred von Tirpitz Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz (; born Alfred Peter Friedrich Tirpitz; 19 March 1849 – 6 March 1930) was a German grand admiral and State Secretary of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperi ...

(1849–1930), a German

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, Secretary of State of the

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. It was first described and published in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. Vol.39 (Issue 2) on page 5 in 1921.

Known species

According to Kew: * '' Tirpitzia bilocularis'' Suksathan & K.Larsen * '' Tirpitzia ovoidea'' Chun & F.C.How ex W.L.Sha * '' Tirpitzia sinensis'' (Hemsl.) Hallier f.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9298420 Linaceae Malpighiales genera Plants described in 1921 Flora of South-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of Taiwan Flora of Vietnam Taxa named by Johannes Gottfried Hallier