Pechuel-loeschea

Stinkbush or Bitterbos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Inuleae[1]
Genus: Pechuel-loeschea
O.Hoffm.
Binomial name
Pechuel-loeschea leubnitziae
O.Hoffm.
Synonyms[1]
  • Piptocarpha leubnitziae Kuntze
  • Pluchea leubnitziae (Kuntze) N.E.Br.

Pechuel-loeschea, common name Stinkbush or Bitterbos, is a genus of African plants in the elecampane tribe within the sunflower family, and named after the German plant collector and geographer Eduard Pechuël-Loesche (1840-1913).

Species[1]

The only known species is Pechuel-loeschea leubnitziae, native to Namibia and South Africa.[2][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Sanbi, iSpot, Observations in the Genus: Pechuel-Loeschea
  3. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).