Pilgerina
Pilgerina is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Santalaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Pilgerina madagascariensis Z.S.Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot [2]
| Pilgerina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Santalaceae |
| Genus: | Pilgerina Z.S.Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot |
It is native to Madagascar.[2]
The genus name of Pilgerina is in honour of Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger (1876–1953), a German botanist, who specialised in the study of conifers.[3] The Latin specific epithet of madagascariensis means "coming from Madagascar. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol.95 on page 398-399 in 2008.[2]
References
- "Pilgerina Z.S.Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- "Pilgerina madagascariensis Z.S.Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot". Retrieved 14 November 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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