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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Steganotaenieae |
| Genus: | Polemanniopsis B.L.Burtt |
Polemanniopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
It is native to the Cape Provinces and Namibia in South Africa.
The genus name of Polemanniopsis is in honour of Peter Heinrich Polemann (1779 – 1839), a German chemist and apothecary who supported plant collectors in Schleswig-Holstein, who went to Cape Town, South Africa. It was first described and published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh Vol.45 on page 498 (written in 1988, published in 1989.
Known species
According to Kew:
- Polemanniopsis marlothii (H.Wolff) B.L.Burtt
- Polemanniopsis namibensis B.-E.van Wyk, A.Burke & Mannh.
References
- ^ "Polemanniopsis B.L.Burtt | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 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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