''Tirpitzia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

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 (often recognized as a distinct family, the Hugoniaceae). Leaves of ...

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

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. The genus name of ''Tirpitzia'' is in honour of Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930), a German grand admiral, Secretary of State of the

German Imperial Naval Office The Imperial Naval Office (german: Reichsmarineamt) was a government agency of the German Empire. It was established in April 1889, when the German Imperial Admiralty was abolished and its duties divided among three new entities: the Imperial Na ...

. 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 ''Tirpitzia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linaceae. It is also in the subfamily ''Linoideae''. Its native range is southern China to Vietnam and Taiwan. The genus name of ''Tirpitzia'' is in honour of Alfred von Tirpit ...

'' Suksathan & K.Larsen * ''

Tirpitzia ovoidea ''Tirpitzia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linaceae. It is also in the subfamily ''Linoideae''. Its native range is southern China to Vietnam and Taiwan. The genus name of ''Tirpitzia'' is in honour of Alfred von Tirpit ...

'' Chun & F.C.How ex W.L.Sha * ''

Tirpitzia sinensis ''Tirpitzia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linaceae. It is also in the subfamily ''Linoideae''. Its native range is southern China to Vietnam and Taiwan. The genus name of ''Tirpitzia'' is in honour of Alfred von Tirpit ...

'' (Hemsl.) Hallier f.

References

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