| Ghikaea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Ghikaea Volkens & Schweinf. |
| Species: | G. speciosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Ghikaea speciosa (Rendle) Diels | |
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Ghikaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. The only species is Ghikaea speciosa.
Its native range is Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya.
The genus name of Ghikaea is in honour of Dimitrie Ghica-Comănești (1839–1923) a Romanian nobleman, explorer, famous hunter, adventurer and politician and also, Nicholae Dimitri Ghika (1875–1921), plant collector and was also Dimitrie's son. It was first described and published in (H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl edited), Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. Vol.3 on page 314 in 1908.
References
- ^ "Ghikaea Volkens & Schweinf. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- "Ghikaea speciosa (Rendle) Diels | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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| Ghikaea | |