Tirpitzia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Linaceae |
Subfamily: | Linoideae |
Genus: | Tirpitzia Hallier f. |
Tirpitzia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linaceae.[1] It is also in the subfamily Linoideae.
Its native range is southern China to Vietnam and Taiwan.[1]
The genus name of Tirpitzia is in honour of Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930), a German grand admiral, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office.[2] It was first described and published in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. Vol.39 (Issue 2) on page 5 in 1921.[1]