Droguetia
Droguetia leptostachys as Droguetia elliptica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Droguetia
Gaudich.
Synonyms

Didymogyne Wedd.
Drouguetia Endl.

Droguetia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Urticaceae.[1]

Its wide native range is Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and China.[1]

Its genus name of Droguetia is in honour of Marc Julien Droguet (1769–1836), French naval doctor.[2] and it was published in Voy. Uranie on page 505 in 1830.[1]

Known species:[1]

  • Droguetia ambigua Wedd.
  • Droguetia debilis Rendle
  • Droguetia gaudichaudiana Marais
  • Droguetia hildebrandtii Friis & Wilmot-Dear
  • Droguetia humbertii Leandri
  • Droguetia iners (Forssk.) Schweinf.
  • Droguetia leptostachys (Juss. ex Pers.) Wedd.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Droguetia Gaudich. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. 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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