| Neesenbeckia | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (SANBI Red List) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Neesenbeckia Levyns |
| Species: | N. punctoria |
| Binomial name | |
| Neesenbeckia punctoria (Vahl) Levyns | |
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Neesenbeckia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae. The only species is Neesenbeckia punctoria.
It is native to the Western Cape in South Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus name of Neesenbeckia is in honour of Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776–1858), a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. The genus has one known synonym, Buekia Nees. The Latin specific epithet of punctoria is derived from punctus meaning pricked, punctured or pierced. Both the genus and species were first described and published in J. S. African Bot. Vol.13 on page 74 in 1947.
Gallery
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Plant in Table Mountain National Park
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Matured seed husk
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Close up of the stalks
References
- "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "Neesenbeckia Levyns | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Neesenbeckia punctoria (Vahl) Levyns | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- Slingsby, Jasper A.; Verboom, G. Anthony (July 2006). "Phylogenetic Relatedness Limits Co-occurrence at Fine Spatial Scales: Evidence from the Schoenoid Sedges (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae) of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa". The American Naturalist. 168 (1): 14–27. doi:10.1086/505158. PMID 16874612. S2CID 85130644.
- 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.
External links
Media related to Neesenbeckia at Wikimedia Commons
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Neesenbeckia | |
| Neesenbeckia punctoria | |