Biology:Spragueanella

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Spragueanella
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Spragueanella
Balle

Spragueanella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.[1]

Its native range is eastern and southern parts of Tropical Africa, within the countries of Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

The genus name of Spragueanella is in honour of Thomas Archibald Sprague (1877–1958), a Scottish botanist.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Séances Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge Vol.25 on page 1632 in 1954.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Spragueanella curta Wiens & Polhill
  • Spragueanella rhamnifolia (Engl.) Balle

References

Wikidata ☰ Q9079456 entry