Pedalium

This article is about the genus of flowering plants. For the anatomical feature, see Jellyfish.

Pedalium
Pedalium murex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Pedaliaceae
Genus:
D.Royen[1]
Species:
P. murex
Binomial name
Pedalium murex
Synonyms[1]
Genus:
  • Cacatali Adans.
  • Murex L. ex Kuntze

Species:

  • Pedalium microcarpum (Klotzsch) Decne.
  • Murex burmanni Kuntze
  • Pedalium muricatum Salisb.
  • Rogeria microcarpa Klotzsch

Pedalium is a genus of plant in the Pedaliaceae family comprising one species, Pedalium murex. It is distributed in tropical Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.[1]

Etymology

The genera name is derived from the Greek word pedalion meaning 'rudder of a ship'.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Pedalium". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  2. ^ 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

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