| Eokochia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Camphorosmoideae |
| Tribe: | Camphorosmeae |
| Genus: | Eokochia Freitag & G.Kadereit |
| Species: | E. saxicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Eokochia saxicola (Guss.) Freitag & G.Kadereit | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bassia saxicola (Guss.) A.J.Scott | |
Eokochia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. The only species is Eokochia saxicola.
Its native range is mainland Italy and Sicily.
The genus name is in honour of Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771–1849), a German physician and botanist, and the epithet of 'saxicola' is derived from 2 Latin words; saxum meaning rock and incola meaning dwelling in.
It was first described and published in Taxon Vol.60 on page 72 in 2011.
References
- "Eokochia Freitag & G.Kadereit | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "Eokochia saxicola (Guss.) Freitag & G.Kadereit | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Eokochia | |
| Eokochia saxicola | |