Pterodiscus (plant)

Pterodiscus
Pterodiscus speciosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Pedaliaceae
Genus: Pterodiscus
Hook.
Synonyms[1]

Pedaliophyton Engl.

Pterodiscus is a genus of plant in the Pedaliaceae family comprising several species with a native range from Ethiopia to S. Africa.[2] The range passes through the countries of Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[3] Plus it is found also within the Provinces of South Africa in Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces.

The genus was originally established by William Jackson Hooker from one species found in South Africa, Pterodiscus speciosus.[4] The species was first published and described by William Jackson Hooker in Curtis's Bot. Mag. Vol.70 on table 4117 in 1844.[5]

The genus is accepted by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service but they do not list any species.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Genus: Pterodiscus Hook". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Pterodiscus Archives". World of Succulents. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference POWO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Ib Friis and Olof Ryding (Editors) Biodiversity Research in the Horn of Africa Region: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea at the Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen, August 25–27, 1999 (2001), p. 65, at Google Books
  5. ^ "Pterodiscus speciosus Hook. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 August 2021.