Bartsiella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants,[1] initially classified in Scrophulariaceae,[2] and now within the broomrape family Orobanchaceae.[3] It contains a unique species, Bartsiella rameauana.[1]

Bartsiella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Tribe: Rhinantheae
Genus: Bartsiella
Bolliger
Species:
B. rameauana
Binomial name
Bartsiella rameauana
(Emb.) Bolliger

Etymology

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Bartsiella was named after Johann Bartsch (Latinized as Johannes Bartsius, 1709-1738), a botanist of Königsberg. It refers to another genus of Orobanchaceae, Bartsia, named for Johann Bartsch by his associate Carl Linnaeus.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolliger, Markus (1996). "Monographie der Gattung Odontites (Scrophulariaceae) sowie der verwandten Gattungen Macrosyringion, Odontitella, Bornmuellerantha und Bartsiella". Willdenowia. 26 (1/2): 37–168. doi:10.3372/wi.26.2603. ISSN 0511-9618.
  2. ^ Kadereit, Joachim W. (2012-12-06). Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons: Lamiales (except Acanthaceae including Avicenniaceae). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 422. ISBN 978-3-642-18617-2.
  3. ^ McNeal, J. R.; Bennett, J. R.; Wolfe, A. D.; Mathews, S. (2013). "Phylogeny and origins of holoparasitism in Orobanchaceae". American Journal of Botany. 100 (5): 971–983. doi:10.3732/ajb.1200448. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 23608647.
  4. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. B21. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5.